HUMBUGGING

HUMBUG

humbug

(verb) trick or deceive

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

humbugging (countable and uncountable, plural humbuggings)

An act of one who humbugs (in all senses, for example, swindling, fighting, etc.).

Verb

humbugging

present participle of humbug.

Source: Wiktionary


HUMBUG

Hum"bug`, n. Etym: [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.]

Definition: To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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