Значение

значений: 10

  1. (исчисляемое, сленг)A hoax, jest, or prank.

    Scherz, Streich, Schabernack

    разводкаrazvodka

  2. (исчисляемое, сленг)A fraud or sham; (uncountable) hypocrisy.

    Betrug, Schwindel

    надувательствоnaduvatelʹstvo

  3. (исчисляемое, сленг)A cheat, fraudster, or hypocrite.

    Gauner, Halunke, Schwindler

    кидалаkidala

  4. (сленг, неисчисляемое)Nonsense.

    Nonsens, dummes Zeug, fauler Zauber

  5. (Британия, исчисляемое)A type of hard sweet (candy), usually peppermint flavoured with a striped pattern.

    Hartbonbon, Hartkaramelle

  6. (США, исчисляемое, сленг)Anything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding, especially if trivial.

  7. (США, исчисляемое, сленг)A fight.

  8. (США, исчисляемое, устаревшее, сленг)A gang.

  9. (США, исчисляемое, сленг)A false arrest on trumped-up charges.

  10. (исчисляемое, сленг)The piglet of the wild boar.

Ещё определения
  • communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
  • something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
  • pretentious or silly talk or writing

Примеры

предложений: 4

  1. It's all just humbug.

    deDas ist doch alles nur Humbug. — freddy1

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  2. After that realisation, she swore off Facebook and all of its concomitant humbug.

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  3. "Bah!" said Scrooge, "Humbug!"

    de„Pah!“, sagte Scrooge, „Dummes Zeug!“ — raggione

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  4. My profession? Poet and humbug.

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Переводы

языков: 4
Русский
По значениям 3
hoax, prank or jest:
fraud or sham:
fraudster or cheat:
Deutsch
По значениям 5
hoax, prank or jest:
fraud or sham:
fraudster or cheat:
nonsense:
hard, sweet candy:

Происхождение

Origin unknown; the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) states that “the facts as to its origi

Origin unknown; the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) states that “the facts as to its origin appear to have been lost, even before the word became common enough to excite attention”. It has been suggested that the word possibly derives from hummer (“(slang) An obvious lie”), or from hum (“(dialectal and slang) to cajole; delude; impose on”) + bug (“a goblin, a spectre”). In his Slang Dictionary (1864), English bibliophile and publisher John Camden Hotten (1832–1873) suggested a link to the name of the German city of Hamburg, “from which town so many false bulletins and reports came during the war in the last century”, or alternatively a derivation from ambage.

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Формы

мн. число: humbugs
Ед. числоhumbug
Мн. числоhumbugs

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 16
Близкие по смыслу

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 3
Производныеhumbuggishhumbuggyhumbugism

Уроки к слову

уроков: 1

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