| NOUN | communication | humbug, baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle | pretentious or silly talk or writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | humbug, snake oil | communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive | |
| act | humbug, fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, put-on | something intended to deceive | |
| VERB | social | humbug | trick or deceive |
| Sounds | hhah'mbah.g | |
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| Rhymes | bedbug ... Winnipeg: 26 rhymes with ahg... | |
| Meaning | pretentious or silly talk or writing. | |
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| Synonyms | baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle | |
| Broader | nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum | A message that seems to convey no meaning / meaning |
| Usage of | slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular | A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) |
| Spanish | bobadas, boloney, chorradas, disparates, tonterías | |
| Catalan | bajanades, bestiesa, boloney, disbarat, poca-soltada, ximpleria | |
| Meaning | communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive. | |
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| Synonym | snake oil | |
| Broader | misrepresentation, deceit, deception | A misleading falsehood |
| Meaning | Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage. | |
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| Synonyms | fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, put-on | |
| Narrower | goldbrick | Anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless |
| Broader | trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan | The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) |
| Spanish | bulo, camelo, engañifa, engaño, filfa, fraude, mistificación, pastrana, patraña, trampa | |
| Catalan | fraudulència, innocentada, jugada, mistificació, trampa, truc | |
| Verbs | humbug | trick or deceive |
| Meaning | trick or deceive. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | deceive, lead on, delude, cozen | Be false to |
| Spanish | embaucar | |
| Nouns | humbug | something intended to deceive |
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