humbug

(noun, verb, interjection)

interjection

1. nonsense!

noun

1. pretentious or silly talk or writing

Similar word(s): baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle

Definition categories: communication, bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality

2. communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive

Definition categories: communication, deceit, deception, misrepresentation

3. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

Similar word(s): dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax

Definition categories: act, chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile

verb

1. trick or deceive

Definition categories: social, cozen, deceive, delude