2syllables
humbug
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Definitions ofhumbug
1noun
- A hoax, jest, or prank.
- A fraud or sham (countable); hypocrisy (uncountable).
- A fraudster, cheat, or hypocrite.
- Nonsense.
- A type of hard sweet (candy), usually peppermint flavoured with a striped pattern.
- Anything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding, especially if trivial.
- (African American Vernacular) A fight.
- (African American Vernacular) A gang.
- A false arrest on trumped-up charges.
- (Perhaps by extension) The piglet of the wild boar.
1verb
- To play a trick on someone, to cheat, to swindle, to deceive.
- (African American Vernacular) To fight; to act tough.
- To waste time talking.
1interjection
- Balderdash!, nonsense!, rubbish!
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