Meaning of HUMBUG
| Pronunciation: | | 'hum`bug
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- [n] something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
- [n] pretentious or silly talk or writing
- [v] trick or deceive
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| | Synonyms: | | baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, put-on, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle |
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| | See Also: | | chicanery, cozen, deceive, delude, goldbrick, guile, hokum, lead on, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, Piltdown hoax, Piltdown man, shenanigan, trickery, wile | |
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| | Definition: | | Humbug
Eight-year-old Cora and her siblings are staying with their grandmother while their parents are on an overseas business trip. When the grandmother falls ill, Cora and her siblings are divided up and sent to live with neighbors. Cora ends up living with a neighbor whose nine-year-old daughter, Angelica, appears kind and gentle, but is actually a cruel and bossy child. As unhappy as she is in her new surroundings, Cora is able to find some comfort in her relationship with Angelica`s no-nonsense grandmother. more details ... |
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\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.
\Hum"bug`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Humbugged}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Humbugging}.]
To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax.
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