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humbug
(encz) | humbug,humbuk n: Zdeněk Brož |
humbug
(encz) | humbug,klam n: Zdeněk Brož |
humbug
(encz) | humbug,podvod n: Zdeněk Brož |
Humbug
(gcide) | 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.
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2. A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness.
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3. One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish
fellow; an impostor. --Sir J. Stephen.
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Humbug
(gcide) | Humbug \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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humbug
(wn) | humbug
n 1: pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: baloney,
boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug,
taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle]
2: communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive [syn:
humbug, snake oil]
3: something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended
to gain an advantage [syn: fraud, fraudulence, dupery,
hoax, humbug, put-on]
v 1: trick or deceive |
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Humbug
(gcide) | 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.
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2. A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness.
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3. One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish
fellow; an impostor. --Sir J. Stephen.
[1913 Webster]Humbug \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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Humbugged
(gcide) | Humbug \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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Humbugger
(gcide) | Humbugger \Hum"bug`ger\, n.
One who humbugs.
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Humbuggery
(gcide) | Humbuggery \Hum"bug`ger*y\, n.
The practice of imposition.
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Humbugging
(gcide) | Humbug \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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