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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Humbug

/hŭm'-bŭgˌ/ · Hum·bug · IPA /ˈhəmˌbəɡ/
01 n. An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.
  1. 1.
    An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.
  2. 2.
    A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness.
  3. 3.
    One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor.
02 v. t. To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax.
imp. & p. p. Humbugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Humbugging
  1. 1.
    To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax.