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humbug

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Noun

  1. A hoax, jest, or prank.
  2. A fraud or sham; (uncountable) hypocrisy.
  3. A cheat, fraudster, or hypocrite.
  4. Nonsense.
  5. A type of hard sweet (candy), usually peppermint flavoured with a striped pattern.
  6. Anything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding, especially if trivial.
  7. A fight.
  8. A gang.
  9. A false arrest on trumped-up charges.
  10. The piglet of the wild boar.

Interjection

  1. Balderdash!, nonsense!, rubbish!

Verb

  1. To play a trick on someone, to cheat, to swindle, to deceive.
  2. To fight; to act tough.
  3. To waste time talking.

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