English-Thai Dictionary

humbug

N การ หลอกลวง  การ ตบตา  การ ต้มตุ๋น  kan-lok-luang

 

humbug

VT หลอกลวง  ตบตา  lok-luang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HUMBUG

n.An imposition.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

 

HUMBUG

Hum "bug `, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humbugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Humbugging.]

 

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

 

HUMBUGGER

HUMBUGGER Hum "bug `ger, n.

 

Defn: One who humbugs.

 

HUMBUGGERY

HUMBUGGERY Hum "bug `ger *y, n.

 

Defn: The practice of imposition.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

humbug

hum bug |ˈhəmˌbəg ˈhəmˌbəɡ | ▶noun 1 deceptive or false talk or behavior: his comments are sheer humbug. • a hypocrite: you see what a humbug I am. 2 Brit. a hard candy, esp. one flavored with peppermint. ▶verb ( humbugs, humbugging, humbugged ) [ with obj. ] deceive; trick: to humbug his humble neighbors was not difficult. • [ no obj. ] dated act like a fraud or sham. DERIVATIVES hum bug ger y |-ˌbəg (ə )rē |noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (in the senses ‘hoax, trick ’ and ‘deceiver ’): of unknown origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

humbug

hum ¦bug |ˈhʌmbʌg | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] deceptive or false talk or behaviour: his comments are sheer humbug. • [ count noun ] a hypocrite. 2 Brit. a boiled sweet, especially one flavoured with peppermint. ▶verb ( humbugs, humbugging, humbugged ) [ with obj. ] deceive; trick: poor Dave is easily humbugged. • [ no obj. ] dated act like a fraud. DERIVATIVES humbuggery noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (in the senses ‘hoax, trick ’ and ‘deceiver ’): of unknown origin.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

humbug

humbug noun 1 to dress it all up as a ‘green ’ tax is sheer humbug: hypocrisy, hypocritical talk /behaviour, sanctimoniousness, posturing, cant, empty talk; insincerity, dishonesty, falseness, falsity, sham, deceit, deception, deceptiveness, imposture, pretence; fraud, trickery, cheating; informal phoneyness, con, kidology; Irish informal codology; rare Tartufferie. 2 you are a coward as well as a humbug: hypocrite, hypocritical person, plaster saint, whited sepulchre; charlatan, impostor, fraud, cheat, deceiver, dissembler, fake, sham; informal conman, con artist, phoney; rare Tartuffe. ▶verb poor Dave is easily humbugged: deceive, trick, delude, mislead, fool, hoodwink, dupe, hoax, take in, beguile, bamboozle, gull, cheat; informal con, kid, put one over on, have on, pull the wool over someone's eyes; vulgar slang bullshit; archaic cozen.

 

Duden Dictionary

Humbug

Hum bug Substantiv, maskulin umgangssprachlich abwertend , der |H u mbug |der Humbug; Genitiv: des Humbugs englisch humbug, Herkunft ungeklärt a etwas, was sich bedeutsam gibt, aber nur Schwindel ist b unsinnige, törichte Äußerung oder Handlung er redet lauter Humbug

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

humbug

hum bug /hʌ́mbʌ̀ɡ /名詞 1 C ｟くだけて ｠詐欺 [ぺてん ]師 .2 U C ｟くだけて ｠ぺてん, ごまかし ; でたらめ .3 C ｟英 ｠ハッカあめ .動詞 ～s ; ～ged ; ～ging 他動詞 〈人 〉をぺてんにかける, だます ; 〖～ A into doing /out of B 〗A 〈人 〉をだまして …させる [Bを奪う ]▸ humbug A into buying rubbish Aをだましてくだらない物を買わせる ▸ humbug A out of A's money Aをだまして金を巻き上げる