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Humbug word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "humbug" word

[noun] something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
[noun] pretentious or silly talk or writing
[verb] trick or deceive
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\Hum"bug`\, n. [Prob. fr. hum to impose on, deceive + bug a frightful object.] 1. An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax. 2. A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness. 3. One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor. --Sir J. Stephen.
\Hum"bug`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Humbugged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Humbugging}.] To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax.

Synonyms for humbug

baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, put-on, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle

See also: chicanery | cozen | deceive | delude | goldbrick | guile | hokum | lead on | meaninglessness | nonsense | nonsensicality | Piltdown hoax | Piltdown man | shenanigan | trickery | wile |

Related terms: babblement, bunk, coloring, delude, disguise, dissembling, double-talk, facade, faking, falsity, feint, front, imposture, mislead, mock, palaver, poseur, quackishness, rot, seeming, stuff and nonsense, stultiloquence

The fun area, different aproach to word »humbug«

Let's analyse "humbug" as pure text. This string has Six letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: GUBMUH. Average typing speed for these characters is 1590 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: humbug: 3 + 3 = 6, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: humbug: 8 + 3 + 4 + 2 + 3 + 7 = 27, reduced: 9, and the final result is Nine.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
B (1) 2 High Priestess Compassionate, Caring, Knowing
G (1) 7 Chariot Strong, Sturdy, Decisive
H (1) 8 Strength Couragous, Faithful, Caring
M (1) 13 Death Creator, Developer, Builder
U (2) 21 World Gifted, Generous, Bountiful

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