All humbug synonyms
humΒ·bug
H h noun humbug
- hogwash β refuse given to hogs; swill.
- silliness β weak-minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish: a silly writer.
- babble β If someone babbles, they talk in a confused or excited way.
- bunk β A bunk is a bed that is fixed to a wall, especially in a ship or caravan.
- bull β A bull is a male animal of the cow family.
- hooey β silly or worthless talk, writing, ideas, etc.; nonsense; bunk: That's a lot of hooey and you know it!
- drivel β saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
- poppycock β nonsense; bosh.
- rubbish β worthless, unwanted material that is rejected or thrown out; debris; litter; trash.
- baloney β If you say that an idea or statement is baloney, you disapprove of it and think it is foolish or wrong.
- balderdash β If you say that something that has been said or written is balderdash, you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.
- gibberish β meaningless or unintelligible talk or writing.
- trash β anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- pretense β pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
- bs β BS is an abbreviation for 'British Standard', which is a standard that something sold in Britain must reach in a test to prove that it is satisfactory or safe. Each standard has a number for reference.
- prank β a trick of an amusing, playful, or sometimes malicious nature.
- fraud β deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
- scam β a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- sting β to prick or wound with a sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organ.
- flimflam β a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
- gyp β a male college servant, as at Cambridge and Durham.
- deceit β Deceit is behaviour that is deliberately intended to make people believe something which is not true.
- put-on β an act or instance of putting someone on.
- spoof β a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody: The show was a spoof of college life.
- con β Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
- hustle β to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- swindle β to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- fast one β a shrewd action, especially when unscrupulous or dishonest; an unfair trick, deceitful practice, dishonest dealing, etc.: He pulled a fast one on me by paying me with a worthless check.
- nonsense β words or language having little or no sense or meaning.
verb humbug
- jiving β swing music or early jazz.
- bluff β A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it.
- illude β to deceive or trick.
- suck in β to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
- chicane β a bridge or whist hand without trumps
- jive β swing music or early jazz.
- double-cross β to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- tamper with β to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
- buffaloed β any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- cross up β to confuse or disorder
- deceive β If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
- bunco β a swindle, esp one by confidence tricksters
- psych out β to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
- buffalo β A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
- four-flush β to bluff.
- lead on β to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- doublecross β To betray someone by leading them into trap after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were actually being aided.
- take for β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- sell down the river β a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
- juggle β to keep (several objects, as balls, plates, tenpins, or knives) in continuous motion in the air simultaneously by tossing and catching.
- snowed β Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air. Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.