humbug - Meaning in Kannada

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humbug - Meaning in Kannada

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Definitions and Meaning of humbug in English

humbug noun

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

   Synonyms

   dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, put-on

2. communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive

   Synonyms

   snake oil

3. pretentious or silly talk or writing

   Synonyms

   baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle

humbug verb

1. trick or deceive

Description

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 describe something as hypocritical nonsense or gibberish.

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