Definition of humbug

• n. - An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.
• n. - A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness.
• n. - One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor.
• v. t. - To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax.