English

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

1. A hoax, prank or jest
2. A fraud or sham
3. A fraudster or cheat

#British A type of chewy sweet (candy)

Interjection
en-intj

1. nonsense!

#* 1843, w:Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens, w:A Christmas Carol|A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, s:A Christmas Carol/Stave 1|stave 1,
#*: �A Merry Christmas, uncle! God save you!� cried a cheerful voice. It was the voice of Scrooge�s nephew, who came upon him so quickly that this was the first intimation he had of his approach.
#*: �Bah!� said Scrooge, �Humbug!�

Verb
en-verb|humbugs|humbugging|humbugged

1. To play a trick on.
2. To cheat, swindle.

Usage notes
The spellings term|humbuging and term|humbuged exist, but are not nearly so common as term|humbugging and term|humbugged.

References
OED 2nd edition 1989

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