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Meaning
Noun
●
A
hoax
,
jest
, or prank.
●
A
fraud
or
sham
; (uncountable) hypocrisy.
●
In People:
A
cheat
,
fraudster
, or hypocrite.
●
Nonsense.
●
In British English:
A type of
hard
sweet
(candy), usually
peppermint
flavoured
with a
striped
pattern.
●
In American English:
Anything
complicated
,
offensive
,
troublesome
,
unpleasant
or
worrying
; a
misunderstanding
, especially if trivial.
●
In American English:
A fight.
●
In American English:
A gang.
●
In American English & Crime:
A
false arrest
on
trumped-up
charges.
●
The
piglet
of the
wild
boar.
Intj
●
Balderdash!,
nonsense
!, rubbish!
Verb
●
To
play
a
trick
on someone, to
cheat
, to
swindle
, to deceive.
●
In American English:
To
fight
; to
act
tough.
●
To
waste time
talking.
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