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(slang) A hoax, jest, or prank.

(slang) A fraud or sham; hypocrisy.

(slang) A cheat, fraudster, or hypocrite.

(slang) Nonsense.

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

(slang) Anything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding, especially if trivial.

(slang) A fight.

(dated) A gang.

(slang) A false arrest on trumped-up charges.

(by extension) The piglet of the wild boar.

(slang) Balderdash!, nonsense!, rubbish!

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

(slang) To fight; to act tough.

(obsolete) To waste time talking.