Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word HUMBUG

HUMBUG

Definitions of HUMBUG

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