humbug : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: humbug	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for humbug
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humbug n pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle] communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive Synonym(s): humbug, snake oil something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage Synonym(s): fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on v trick or deceive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Humbug \Hum"bug`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Humbugged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Humbugging}.] To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Humbug \Hum"bug`\, n. [Prob. fr. hum to impose on, deceive + bug a frightful object.] 1. An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax. 2. A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness. 3. One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor. --Sir J. Stephen.