| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The proper method for doing, using, or handling something: feel, knack. Informal : hang. See ABILITY. 2. A mischievous act: antic, caper, frolic, joke, lark, prank1. Informal : shenanigan. Slang : monkeyshine (often used in plural). See GOOD, WORK. 3. A clever, dexterous act: feat, stunt. See ABILITY, EXCITE, GOOD. 4. An indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end: artifice, deception, device, dodge, feint, gimmick, imposture, jig, maneuver, ploy, ruse, sleight, stratagem, subterfuge, wile. Informal : shenanigan, take-in. See HONEST, MEANS. 5. A limited, often assigned period of activity, duty, or opportunity: bout, go, hitch, inning (often used in plural), shift, spell3, stint, stretch, time, tour, turn, watch. See TIME. | | VERB: | To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation: beguile, betray, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, fool, hoodwink, humbug, mislead, take in. Informal : bamboozle, have. Slang : four-flush. Idioms: lead astray, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, put something over on, take for a ride. See HONEST. | | ADJECTIVE: | So weak or defective as to be liable to fail: undependable, unreliable. See STRONG. | | PHRASAL VERB: | trick out Informal. To dress in formal or special clothing: array, attire, deck2 (out), dress up, prank2. Slang : doll up. See ORDER, PLAIN, PUT ON.
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