Ruse

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A crafty stratagem; a subterfuge. See Synonyms at wile.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a trick
  • n. guile
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To fall.
  • To slide down a declivity with a rustling noise.
  • To give way; fall back; retreat; use tricks for the purpose of escaping.
  • n. The use of artifice or trickery; also, a stratagem.
  • n. Synonyms Manœuver, Trick, etc. See artifice and stratagem.
  • A Middle English or dialectal form of roose. Cath. Ang.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    artifice    trick    stratagem    wile    fraud    deceit   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Chartreuse    Cruz    Druse    Druze    Hughes    Jews    Loos    Mahfouz    Meuse    Muse   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    subterfuge    stratagem    ploy    artifice    deception    wile    hoax    trickery    feint    imposture