Hyphenation of humbug

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word humbug? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of humbug:

1.	Pretentious or silly talk or writing
2.	Communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
3.	Something intended to deceive Deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
4.	Trick or deceive

Synonyms of humbug:

noun	baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle, nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
noun	snake oil, misrepresentation, deceit, deception
noun	fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, put-on, trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan
verb	deceive, lead on, delude, cozen

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