Overview of noun humbug

The noun humbug has 3 senses

• baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle -- (pretentious or silly talk or writing)


• humbug, snake oil -- (communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive)


• fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on -- (something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage)

Overview of verb humbug

The verb humbug has 1 sense

• humbug -- (trick or deceive)