Word: humbug

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Synonyms: humbug

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: humbug

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spanish
Translations:
fraude
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german
Translations:
betrug, quatsch, schwindel, unsinn
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french
Translations:
charlatan, tricherie, escroquerie, fraudeur, aigrefin, mystification, battage, hypocrisie, tromperie, truqueur, ...
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italian
Translations:
ipocrisia, truffa, frode
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portuguese
Translations:
fraude
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dutch
Translations:
bedrog, fraude
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russian
Translations:
очковтирательство, надувательство, притворство, одурачивание, жулик, вздор, ерунда, мошенничество, мошенник, плут, ...
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norwegian
Translations:
svindel, svik, bedrageri
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swedish
Translations:
bedrägeri
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finnish
Translations:
vilppi, petos
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czech
Translations:
nesmysl, klam, podvod, přetvářka, humbuk, švindl, podvodník, šarlatán
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polish
Translations:
blaga, zakłamanie, szachraj, blagier, oszust, oszustwo, lipa, nonsens
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hungarian
Translations:
humbug
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turkish
Translations:
hile
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ukrainian
Translations:
шахрай, шахрайство, обдурювання
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estonian
Translations:
tüssama, jama
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croatian
Translations:
varalica, prijevara
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latvian
Translations:
krāpšana, mānīšanās
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romanian
Translations:
fraudă
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slovak
Translations:
klam, podvod

The meaning and "use of": humbug

noun
  • deceptive or false talk or behavior. - his comments are sheer humbug
  • a hard candy, especially one flavored with peppermint. - The best buys include coffee beans, chocolate, mint humbugs and, of course, clotted cream shortbread.
verb
  • deceive; trick. - to humbug his humble neighbors was not difficult

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