humbug – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: nonsense,
bunk,
nonsensicality,
hokum,
meaninglessness,
deception,
misrepresentation,
deceit,
chicane,
chicanery,
shenanigan,
trickery,
wile,
guile,
deceive,
lead on,
delude,
cozen
humbug
v.
deceive, trick, dupe, hoax
n.
deception, trickery, fraud; imposter, trickster
Humbug
A
humbug is a person or object that behaves in a deceptive or dishonest way, often as a
hoax or in jest. The term was first described in 1751 as student
slang, and recorded in 1840 as a "nautical phrase". It is now also often used as an exclamation to mean
nonsense or
gibberish.
humbug
Noun
1. pretentious or silly talk or writing
(synonym) baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle
(hypernym) nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
(classification) cant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
2. communication (writen or spoken) intended to deceive
(synonym) snake oil
(hypernym) misrepresentation, deceit, deception
3. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
(synonym) fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, put-on
(hypernym) trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan
(hyponym) goldbrick
Verb
1. trick or deceive
(hypernym) deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
(derivation) fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, put-on
Humbug (der)
nm.
humbug, deception, trickery, fraud; hokum, nonsense
humbug (de)
n.
humbug, deception, trickery, fraud; imposter, trickster
