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A trick (action intended to deceive)
An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso
Something that is amusing or causes laughter
A fabricated story or statement, especially one intended to deceive
A false show or pretense
The action of evading something
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Noun
▲
A trick (action intended to deceive)
blind
device
dodge
manoeuvre
UK
ploy
stratagem
subterfuge
trick
wile
move
scheme
tactic
artifice
contrivance
deception
expedient
gambit
game
hoax
imposture
machination
sham
shift
smokescreen
angle
con
curveball
deceit
feint
gimmick
jig
maneuver
US
plot
scam
scenario
shenanigans
stunt
switch
twist
wheeze
cunning plan
booby trap
game plan
red herring
oldest trick in the book
flimflam
fetch
shenanigan
sleight
play
plan
fraud
knack
juggle
cheat
trickery
intrigue
method
pretence
UK
swindle
means
strategy
racket
pretense
US
sting
design
bluff
chicanery
fake
lurk
put-on
course of action
con trick
bunco
craft
gyp
setup
measure
pretext
action
craftiness
cheating
set-up
sleight of hand
grift
duplicity
way
conspiracy
fastie
sharp practice
double-dealing
guile
confidence trick
hustle
line of action
artfulness
rort
jest
canard
step
cunning
cabal
deviousness
spoof
humbug
cover
trap
slyness
wiles
programme
UK
dishonesty
catch
put-up job
flanker
sport
schlenter
program
US
wangle
fast one
imposition
chicane
decoy
scheming
tactics
instrument
caper
codology
snare
funny business
masquerade
underhandedness
gamesmanship
hanky-panky
fix
wrinkle
evasion
practical joke
prank
policy
refuge
joke
rig
leg-pull
shell game
tack
fiddle
master plan
course
snow job
plan of action
operation
project
brainchild
rip-off
monkey business
misrepresentation
procedure
arrangement
skulduggery
kidology
stall
system
sell
jape
covin
skullduggery
counterfeit
bait
resort
stratagems
frame-up
idea
maneuvering
US
jiggery-pokery
tricks
practice
knavery
manoeuvring
UK
blueprint
recourse
resource
approach
dissimulation
con game
expediency
fast shuffle
invention
lie
secret plan
stopgap
swindling
fraudulence
Trojan horse
legerdemain
movement
bunko
machinations
whitewash
finesse
deceitfulness
manipulation
ruses
fakery
jugglery
cunningness
treachery
schemes
manoeuvres
UK
ploys
sellout
jive
escapade
antic
tomfoolery
feat
accomplishment
frolic
lark
gag
gambol
deceptiveness
fun
concern
secret
fixture
crookedness
enterprise
distraction
dupery
management
dirty work
maneuvers
US
dirty trick
proceeding
ambush
monkeyshine
little game
dirty pool
ground plan
duping
medium
excuse
makeshift
proposition
lure
loophole
pretension
initiative
front
purpose
substitute
undertaking
illusion
collusion
delusion
fabrication
pattern
hoodwinking
formula
methodology
option
quackery
tool
recipe
unscrupulousness
facade
hokum
wiliness
path
swizzle
plotting
smoke screen
diddle
planning
line
sophistry
make-believe
façade
complot
agency
foxiness
subterfuges
slant
hocus-pocus
art
possibility
alternative
cover-up
confidence game
routine
trickiness
venture
canniness
subtlety
monkeyshines
agenda
guilefulness
frame
ingenuity
shrewdness
fourberie
cleverness
mode
subtleness
dissembling
cageyness
slickness
caginess
sneakiness
crookery
cozenage
smoke and mirrors
palace intrigue
bait and switch
song and dance
road map
shady deal
double-cross
grand design
gadget
gizmo
widget
equivocation
screen
cloak
mask
camouflage
kicker
winning move
irresistible bait
innovation
coinage
concoction
creation
disguise
land mine
road
charlatanry
savvy
plans
attention-grabber
deviation
disturbance
distractor
commotion
diversion
interruption
formation
deed
impersonation
forgery
faking
copy
imitation
phony
US
bit
scene
set of tactics
improvisation
duck
struggle
kite
act
contraption
appliance
insincerity
hypocrisy
boondoggle
take-in
piece of deception
clever move
curve ball
false face
false clue
fool's errand
false trail
wild-goose chase
diversionary tactic
misleading clue
sweet talk
soft soap
crocodile tears
beguilement
horseplay
allurement
sanctimoniousness
cant
posturing
falseness
motion
exploitation
swizz
phoney
UK
loss-leader
shtick
knavishness
mine
hidden danger
baited trap
pitfall
mousetrap
trip wire
deadfall
mock attack
intention
subversion
demarche
fancy footwork
shuffle
cozening
plant
jazz
hoaxing
wrong
baloney
bamboozlement
one-upmanship
furtiveness
wire-pulling
surreptitiousness
waffle
talk
verbiage
nonsense
double-crossing
bit of sharp practice
crafty designs
porky
run-around
astuteness
dissemblance
foul play
dirty dealing
stab in the back
shifting
show
on the make
falsity
deal
suggestion
draft
US
draught
UK
roguery
promotion
aid
apparatus
publicity device
eye-catching novelty
misleading talk
proposal
conniving
confederacy
extortion
stealing
blackmail
shakedown
embezzlement
bilk
mare's-nest
fallacy
ride
malarkey
hogwash
story
pork pie
shuck
crock
fib
phoneyness
empty talk
hypocritical talk
hypocritical behaviour
Tartufferie
honeytrap
bluster
cover up
run around
bill of goods
disposition
process
attempt
progress
effort
hot air
devices
strategems
gambits
contrivances
artifices
dodges
secret scheme
league
fit-up
thought
manner
technique
avenue
lies
propaganda
dealing
double cross
crooked deal
submission
animus
route
conduct
mechanism
style
choice
regimen
sedition
perfidy
hookup
countermine
counterplot
treacherousness
disloyalty
charade
treatment
projection
praxis
exercise
behaviour
UK
protocol
bragging
bravado
bombast
golden circle
behavior
US
drill
false show
idle boast
grounds
big picture
dirty tricks
falsehood
distortion
modus operandi
mode of conduct
MO
method of working
mode of behaviour
red tape
snow
boast
braggadocio
jiving
simulation
alibi
mere show
disingenuity
cunning stratagems
false front
false colors
cop-out
instrumentality
every trick in the book
solution
cover story
supposed grounds
ostensible reason
alleged reason
fig leaf
false excuse
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“A last-minute offer may be a
ruse
or a bluff but I'm the guy who ought to make that call.”
Noun
▲
An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso
noose
trap
net
snare
web
toils
entanglement
meshes
morass
quagmire
tanglement
trick
quicksand
riata
lasso
lariat
con
halter
loop
rope
hitch
tie
booby trap
artifice
ploy
deception
wile
subterfuge
stratagem
trickery
device
set-up
gin
pitfall
springe
machination
prank
maneuver
US
inveiglement
conspiracy
hook
enticement
plot
manoeuvre
UK
dragnet
gambit
feint
intrigue
come-on
allurement
snag
temptation
setup
seducement
catch
wire
hazard
peril
mesh
entrapment
bait
tangle
snares
dangers
morasses
springes
pitfalls
quagmires
nets
lures
tangles
traps
allurements
come-ons
webs
nooses
decoys
tricks
danger
mire
lure
decoy
skein
snarl
labyrinth
toil
ambush
bog
chaos
confusion
marsh
swamp
muddle
mix-up
jam
imbroglio
mess
jumble
comess
clutter
jungle
maze
knot
webbing
netting
lacework
lattice
interlacing
tissue
gossamer
latticework
fabric
screen
gauze
weave
cobweb
textile
chiffon
fibre
UK
material
fiber
US
filigree
weft
reticulation
complexity
trellis
involvement
mat
texture
matting
grid
plait
woof
meshwork
warp
wicker
interconnection
spider's web
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Noun
▲
Something that is amusing or causes laughter
yuk
joke
jest
quip
witticism
gag
wisecrack
pleasantry
crack
funny
sally
josh
boffola
laugh
boffo
giggle
rib
boff
waggery
jape
nifty
drollery
pun
fun
prank
snicker
snigger
titter
chortle
chuckle
guffaw
one-liner
rejoinder
yuck
comeback
double entendre
hoax
funny remark
bon mot
witty remark
wile
play on words
flash of wit
shaggy dog story
epigram
lark
repartee
banter
caper
trick
escapade
frolic
antic
practical joke
game
riposte
retort
stunt
mischief
tomfoolery
horseplay
gibe
shenanigan
equivoque
paronomasia
badinage
clowning
remark
aphorism
humor
US
humour
UK
buffoonery
barb
amusement
return
jibe
roguery
raillery
gambol
jeer
monkeyshine
spoof
burlesque
put-on
clever remark
anecdote
smart remark
mischievous act
facetiousness
chestnut
whimsy
zinger
Atticism
farce
parody
romp
wordplay
counter
dig
shenanigans
hoodwinking
funny story
whimsicality
retaliation
quirk
rollick
rib-tickler
insult
levity
leg-pull
ha-ha
wit
satire
piece of mischief
apophthegm
amusing tale
foolishness
play
witty comment
comedy
counterattack
fool
setup
windup
mock
jive
canard
ridicule
jolly
clown
merriment
joking
squib
mockery
offense
US
offence
UK
wittiness
aside
skylarking
good-natured remark
affront
slur
slight
sneer
insinuation
taunt
entertainment
hoot
yarn
waggishness
puns
quips
mot
witty communication
witticisms
mummery
caprice
gem
jocularity
funniness
sardonic remark
pithy remark
gambade
quiz
knavery
goak
cantrip
cutup
payof
dirty trick
act
snow job
jokes
smart crack
bit of mischief
skylark
cutting remark
piece of fun
wind-up
fun and games
fling
spree
witty poem
nice turn of phrase
jeu d'esprit
witty saying
amusing time
antics
devilry
revel
didoes
high jinks
sport
answer
reply
response
shines
bird
carousal
fooling around
adventure
outing
fooling about
dido
nonsense
killer
absurdity
ridiculousness
blague
monkey tricks
monkey business
in-joke
acknowledgement
UK
replication
knee-slapper
old chestnut
shaggy-dog story
thigh-slapper
back talk
back answer
lip
cooler
acknowledgment
US
antiphon
snappy comeback
squelch
parting shot
reprisal
revenge
topper
respond
innuendo
calembour
pivot
quibble
amphibology
carriwitchet
clinch
double meaning
clench
conundrum
nick
whim
pundigrion
ambiguity
jeu de mots
conceit
more ❯
Noun
▲
A fabricated story or statement, especially one intended to deceive
untruth
fabrication
falsehood
lie
fib
fiction
prevarication
story
falsity
whopper
deception
fable
falsification
invention
exaggeration
half-truth
fake news
made-up story
myth
rumor
US
rumour
UK
tale
trumped-up story
yarn
barefaced lie
disinformation
misinformation
perjury
porky
pretense
US
pretence
UK
pretext
sham
stratagem
trickery
white lie
wile
alternative fact
deceit
dissimulation
fairy tale
gossip
little white lie
mendacity
piece of fiction
propaganda
red herring
taradiddle
tarradiddle
bulldust
cock and bull story
flight of fancy
canard
departure from the truth
distortion
fairy story
figment of the imagination
misrepresentation
tall story
tall tale
pork pie
porky pie
terminological inexactitude
economy with the truth
conspiracy theory
concoction
figment
hogwash
remarkable story
big lie
forgery
fake
fantasy
phantasy
crock
bunk
claptrap
jazz
opus
artifact
US
jive
work
line
artefact
UK
smoke
cock-and-bull story
song and dance
one for the birds
illusion
fallacy
fish story
delusion
error
misconception
fancy
misbelief
hallucination
lies
hyperbole
romance
untruism
evasion
equivocation
baloney
rant
misjudgement
misjudgment
dishonesty
misstatement
spiel
detraction
shaggy-dog story
clothesline
imagination
kidology
urban myth
urban legend
angler's tale
unlikely story
pishogue
whisper
farfetched story
unbelievable tale
fanciful tale
quibbling
evasiveness
untruthfulness
spinach
false statement
nancy story
half truth
excuse
inaccuracy
fibbery
cover-up
fraud
feigning
fakery
tergiversation
cavilling
UK
guile
subterfuge
patter
rigmarole
fraudulence
falseness
pitch
backbiting
scandal
chestnut
defamation
false report
talk
lead
figment of one's imagination
caviling
US
persuasion
prepared speech
superstition
false notion
mistaken belief
apologue
creation
amplification
overstatement
excess
embroidery
exaltation
caricature
hyperbolism
pretentiousness
boasting
stretch
aggrandizement
US
coloring
US
magnification
pretension
inflation
extravagance
figure of speech
enlargement
emphasis
overemphasis
elaboration
overestimation
improvisation
fibs
fictitious story
folk ballad
legend
novel
nonsense
purple prose
creativity
storytelling
narration
narrative
book
hooey
potboiler
unrealism
nonfiction
literature
anecdote
drama
cliff-hanger
creative writing
short stories
best seller
short story
tall talk
colouring
UK
aggrandisement
UK
work of fiction
figment of imagination
works of fiction
made up story
work of imagination
more ❯
Noun
▲
A false show or pretense
masquerade
disguise
pretence
UK
facade
façade
front
guise
act
pretense
US
charade
deception
dissimulation
pose
semblance
show
airs
mask
subterfuge
cloak
cover
screen
veil
bluff
impersonation
imposture
mummery
playacting
colour
UK
color
US
costume
masking
personation
revel
trick
put-on
cover-up
make-believe
play-acting
pretext
appearance
display
veneer
posturing
sham
artifice
wile
affectation
falsehood
trickery
schtick
feigning
claim
false pretense
false show
outward appearance
false front
false appearance
excuse
posing
simulation
con
falsification
fakery
imitation
hoax
dumb act
pretension
face
suggestion
effect
false display
likeness
illusion
lie
simulacrum
showing
air
profession
name
impression
image
false excuse
smokescreen
posture
camouflage
snivel
hokum
travesty
parody
pretentiousness
garb
fabrication
stall
shuffling
evasion
acting
faking
routine
misrepresentation
double-dealing
deceit
stunt
ostentation
insincerity
gag
misstatement
invention
counterfeit
smoke screen
red herring
shroud
fig leaf
covering
pageant
pretending
shamming
dissemblance
fake
dress
a put-on
concealment
false colours
shade
a put-up job
beard
hoaxing
bluffing
humbug
attitudinizing
role
mannerism
positure
carriage
stand
mien
visage
aspect
window dressing
dissembling
disguisement
fantasy
coverup
imagination
daydreaming
dream
unreality
fancy
dreaming
romancing
self-deception
delusion
story
role-playing
game
hiding
fairy tale
suppression
attitude
performance
stance
caching
secretion
stashing
misprision
whitewash
feint
chaser
hamming
phoney
UK
ploy
phony
US
dissimilation
hushing up
keeping hidden
hiding place
hide-out
covering up
obliteration
keeping secret
wraps
curtain
blind
obscuration
occultation
sweet talk
soft soap
shuck and jive
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of evading something
evasion
avoidance
dodging
elusion
shunning
circumvention
ducking
eluding
escape
shirking
cop-out
cunning
deception
fudging
pretext
shuffling
artifice
bypassing
equivocation
eschewal
eschewing
out
prevarication
shaking
sidestepping
subterfuge
trickery
bilking
evasiveness
go-by
obliqueness
sophism
sophistry
ditch
dodge
equivocating
evading
excuse
fugiviteness
fugivity
jive
lie
quibble
routine
run-around
shift
skirting
slip
stall
stonewall
stonewalling
trick
getting out of
fancy footwork
finding a way round
refraining
delay
escaping
abstention
escapism
refrainment
holding off
hedging
bypass
circumventing
come-off
difficulty
detour
diversion
postponement
inertia
roundabout
absention
recoil
nonparticipation
prevention
preventing
restraint
retreat
departure
self-restraint
forbearance
flight
recession
anticipation
parry
keeping away
steering clear
body swerve
passive resistance
steering clear of
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