fake vs humbug

fake

noun
  • Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently. 

  • A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent. 

  • One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil. 

adj
  • Insincere 

  • Not real; false, fraudulent 

verb
  • To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate. 

  • To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify. 

  • To improvise, in jazz. 

  • To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out. 

humbug

noun
  • A hoax, jest, or prank. 

  • Nonsense. 

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

  • A fight. 

  • A fraud or sham; (uncountable) hypocrisy. 

  • A false arrest on trumped-up charges. 

  • The piglet of the wild boar. 

  • A cheat, fraudster, or hypocrite. 

  • Anything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding, especially if trivial. 

verb
  • To fight; to act tough. 

  • To play a trick on someone, to cheat, to swindle, to deceive. 

intj
  • Balderdash!, nonsense!, rubbish! 

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