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How to pronounce “humbug”
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Pronunciation guide for humbug
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of humbug with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 2 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Mapping the Heavens
humbug so um what so what I uh want to
- Definition summary
- (countable, slang) A hoax, jest, or prank.
Example 1 of 2
How to pronounce humbug
Mapping the Heavens
humbug so um what so what I uh want to
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “humbug”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (countable, slang) A hoax, jest, or prank.
- (countable, slang) A fraud or sham; (uncountable) hypocrisy.
- (countable, slang) A cheat, fraudster, or hypocrite.
- (uncountable, slang) Nonsense.
- (countable, British) A type of hard sweet (candy), usually peppermint flavoured with a striped pattern.
- (US, countable, slang) Anything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding, especially if trivial.
- (US, countable, African-American Vernacular, slang) A fight.
- (countable, US, African-American Vernacular, slang, dated) A gang.
- (countable, US, crime, slang) A false arrest on trumped-up charges.
- (countable, slang, perhaps by extension) The piglet of the wild boar.
- [Interjection]
- (slang) Balderdash!, nonsense!, rubbish!
- [Verb]
- (slang) To play a trick on someone, to cheat, to swindle, to deceive.
- (US, African-American Vernacular, slang) To fight; to act tough.
- (slang, obsolete) To waste time talking.
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