humbug
A hoax, jest, or prankA hoax, jest, or prank.
» It's all just humbug.
Das ist doch alles nur Humbug.
Значення
значень: 10(злічуване, сленг)A hoax, jest, or prank.
Scherz, Streich, Schabernack
разводкаrazvodka
(злічуване, сленг)A fraud or sham; (uncountable) hypocrisy.
Betrug, Schwindel
надувательствоnaduvatelʹstvo
(злічуване, сленг)A cheat, fraudster, or hypocrite.
Gauner, Halunke, Schwindler
кидалаkidala
(сленг, незлічуване)Nonsense.
Nonsens, dummes Zeug, fauler Zauber
(Британія, злічуване)A type of hard sweet (candy), usually peppermint flavoured with a striped pattern.
Hartbonbon, Hartkaramelle
(США, злічуване, сленг)Anything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding, especially if trivial.
(США, злічуване, сленг)A fight.
(США, злічуване, застаріле, сленг)A gang.
(США, злічуване, сленг)A false arrest on trumped-up charges.
(злічуване, сленг)The piglet of the wild boar.
- communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
- something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
- pretentious or silly talk or writing
Приклади
речень: 4It's all just humbug.
deDas ist doch alles nur Humbug. — freddy1
After that realisation, she swore off Facebook and all of its concomitant humbug.
"Bah!" said Scrooge, "Humbug!"
de„Pah!“, sagte Scrooge, „Dummes Zeug!“ — raggione
My profession? Poet and humbug.
Переклади
мов: 4За значеннями 3
За значеннями 5
Походження
Origin unknown; the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) states that “the facts as to its origiOrigin 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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Форми
множина: humbugsСиноніми
синонімів: 16- communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive:snake oil
- something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage:fraudfraudulenceduperyhoaxput-on
- pretentious or silly talk or writing:baloneyboloneybilgewaterboshdrooltaradiddletarradiddletommyrot
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пов’язаних слів: 3Уроки до слова
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