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noun
- A plot or secret, devious plan.
- (Internet) Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such as http: or news:.
- A systematic plan of future action.
- An orderly combination of related parts.
- (astrology) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
- (mathematics) A mathematical structure that generalizes the notion of an algebraic variety in several ways, such as taking account of multiplicities and allowing "varieties" defined over any commutative ring. Formally, a locally ringed space that admits a covering by open sets, each of which is isomorphic to an affine scheme (i.e. the spectrum of some commutative ring).
- (UK, chiefly Scotland, colloquial) A council housing estate.
- A chart or diagram of a system or object.
- (UK, pensions) A portfolio of pension plans with related benefits comprising multiple independent members.
- a schematic or preliminary plan
- an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
- a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
- an elaborate and systematic plan of action
- a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
verb
prep
- Devising, scheming (planning something mischievous or inappropriate).
- Doing, involved in.
- (mathematics) Considering all members of an equivalence class the same.
- (Eton College) Taught by; in the class of.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see up, to.
- Until.
- Capable, ready or equipped, having sufficient material preconditions for, possibly willpower (at a particular moment).
- As much as; no more than (also with of).
- Within the responsibility of, to be attributed to the sphere of influence of, having someone or something as authoritative in.
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noun
verb
noun
- A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to affect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
- a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
- The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.
- Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair.
- a clandestine love affair
verb
- (intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
- (transitive) To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
- (transitive) To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.
- (intransitive) To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
- form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
- cause to be interested or curious
noun
- a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
- a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
- A secret plot.
- (derogatory) A putative, secret organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose.
- An identifiable group within the tradition of Discordianism.
verb
noun
- a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
- a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose
- a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
- (law) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
- (linguistics) A situation in which different phonological or grammatical rules lead to similar or related outcomes.
- (rare, collective) A group of ravens.
- (loosely) An agreement to work together to bring something about; an act or instance of conspiring.
- An agreement or arrangement between multiple parties to do something harmful, immoral or subversive; an instance of collusion.
- (loosely) A secret agreement to do something.
- (rare, collective) A group of lemurs.
- (by ellipsis, proscribed) A conspiracy theory; a hypothesis alleging conspiracy.
verb
noun
- An act or activity viewed as the outcome of a plan or scheme, often malicious or nefarious.
- (countable) That which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
- Ellipsis of publicity stunt.
- A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.
- (countable) A two-year-old whale, which, having been weaned, is lean and yields little blubber.
- A check in growth.
- (American football) A special means of rushing the quarterback done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line.
- a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth
- a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention
verb
noun
- A plotter or schemer.
- a person who devises plots or intrigues
- A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.
- (computing) A software tool for designing things.
- a person who specializes in interior design
- someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
- someone who designs clothing
- someone who specializes in graphic design
adj
verb
- (transitive) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
- (transitive) To load with a pack.
- (transitive) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
- (transitive) To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.
- (transitive, slang) To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.
- (transitive) To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.
- (transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
- (intransitive, LGBTQ, especially of a trans man or drag king) To wear an object, such as a prosthetic penis, inside one’s trousers to appear more male or masculine.
- (transitive, historical) To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
- (transitive, progressive aspect, slang) To have a large penis, as if carrying a large weapon on one's person.
- (transitive, US, chiefly Western US) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).
- (transitive) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into.
- (intransitive) To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.
- (transitive, sports, slang) To block a shot, especially in basketball.
- (transitive, computing) To compress (data).
- (transitive, card games) To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
- (intransitive, of animals) To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.
- (intransitive) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
- (intransitive) To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.
- (intransitive) To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.
- (transitive, figurative) To load; to encumber.
- (intransitive, rugby, of the forwards in a rugby team) To play together cohesively, specially with reference to technique in the scrum.
- (transitive) To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
- carry, as on one's back
- hike with a backpack
- have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
- load with a pack
- fill to capacity
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- seal with packing
- press down tightly
- compress into a wad
- press tightly together or cram
- treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood
- arrange in a container
- set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome
noun
- A full set of playing cards
- A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
- A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
- A group of Cub Scouts.
- (roller derby) The largest group of blockers from both teams skating in close proximity.
- A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
- The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
- (slang) A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
- A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
- A shook of cask staves.
- (rugby) The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
- (medicine) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
- A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
- (snooker, pool) A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
- A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
- A multitude.
- A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
- A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
- A flock of knots.
- (slang) A package of cigarettes.
- an association of criminals
- a large indefinite quantity
- an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
- a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect
- a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)
- a bundle (especially one carried on the back)
- a complete collection of similar things
- a cream that cleanses and tones the skin
- a group of hunting animals
noun
- Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem.
- (military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units.
- A controlled (especially skillful) movement taken while steering a vehicle.
- (medicine) A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments.
- A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity.
- an action aimed at evading an opponent
- a military training exercise
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- a move made to gain a tactical end
- a plan for attaining a particular goal
verb
- (figurative, intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme
- (figurative, transitive) To guide, steer, manage purposefully
- (ambitransitive) To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- act in order to achieve a certain goal
- perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense
noun
- a cunning or deceitful action or device
- (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner
- a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- a prostitute's customer
- an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent
- an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
- a period of work or duty
- Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
- An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
- (card games) A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
- (nautical) A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
- A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
- (slang) A customer or client of a prostitute.
- (heraldry) A representation of arms that is drawn as an outline with labels to indicate colors.
- An entertaining difficult physical action.
- (Western Pennsylvania) A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
- Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
- (slang, vulgar) A term of abuse.
- (slang) A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.
- A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
adj
verb
noun
- a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage
- Someone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive.
- fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
- a fisherman who uses a hook and line
- An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius.
- A person who fishes with a hook and line.
noun
- Intention or plot.
- (particularly) Malicious or malevolent intention.
- A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
- A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
- The art of designing
- The composition of a work of art.
- The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
- A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.
- something intended as a guide for making something else
- the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
- a decorative or artistic work
- the creation of something in the mind
- an arrangement scheme
- a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something
- an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
verb
- (transitive) To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).
- To manifest requirements to be satisfied by an object or process for them to solve a problem.
- conceive or fashion in the mind; invent
- create designs
- intend or have as a purpose
- plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect
- make or work out a plan for; devise
- create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner
noun
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- any improvised arrangement for temporary use
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- the act of devising something
- A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
- A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
- Something overly artful or artificial.
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verb
- make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
- move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- (transitive) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
- (ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
- (transitive) To elude.
- (transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
- (photography, videography) To make an area of an image lighter (when processing photographs in a darkroom, this is accomplished by decreasing the exposure of that area to light).
adj
noun
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- a maneuver in a game or conversation
- Specifically, such a tactic or artifice in military operation.
- (uncountable) Military deception or artifice.
- (uncountable) Cunning and artifice in general.
- A tactic or artifice designed to gain the upper hand, especially one involving underhanded dealings or deception.
noun
- A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
- Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
- (narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
- A grave.
- An area or land used for building on or planting on.
- A plan; a purpose.
- Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
- (fandom slang, euphemistic) Attractive physical attributes of a fictional character; assets.
- A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
- a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
- the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.
- a chart or graph showing the movements or progress of an object
- a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
verb
- plan secretly, usually something illegal
- (transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
- (transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
- (transitive, intransitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
- devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)
- make a plot of
- make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed
noun
- Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge, deception.
- A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.
- (poker) A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) No score.
- A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
- A hiding place.
- A place where people can hide in order to observe wildlife.
- (poker) A player who is forced to pay such a bet.
- (rugby, colloquial) The blindside.
- (military) A blindage.
- a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
- a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
- something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
- people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
adj
- (not comparable) Unable to see, or only partially able to see.
- (horticulture) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.
- Unintelligible or illegible.
- (not comparable) Without any prior knowledge.
- (not comparable) Closed at one end; having a dead end; exitless.
- (comparable) Failing to recognize, acknowledge or perceive.
- (LGBTQ, slang) Uncircumcised.
- (not comparable, metalworking, construction, of a fastener) Able to be fixed without access to one end.
- (Of a pimple) not having a well-defined head.
- (not comparable, of a place) Having little or no visibility.
- (sciences) Using blinded study design, wherein information is purposely limited to prevent bias.
- (in certain phrases, chiefly in the negative) Smallest or slightest.
- (not comparable) Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.
- (not comparable) Unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.
- unable to see
- not based on reason or evidence
- unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
adv
verb
- (transitive) To make temporarily or permanently blind.
- To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
- To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.
- (informal, obsolete except when paired, especially eff and blind) To curse, swear, use foul language
- render unable to see
- make blind by putting the eyes out
- make dim by comparison or conceal
adj
- Designed or executed to deceive or mislead.
- (set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.
- Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
- (euphemistic, of art) bad, unartistic, busy.
- (of a created thing) Original, expressive and imaginative.
- promoting construction or creation
- having the ability or power to create
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verb
noun
- something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
- a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate
- screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
- a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
- Alternative form of stalking horse.
noun
- A strategy or maneuver with a similar intention.
- (curling) A play used to move the stones to the side of the sheet.
- (sports) A similar situation in other ball games, such as lacrosse, indoor soccer, rugby, and cricket.
- Tactics used to magnify power or influence.
- (ice hockey) A situation where a team has a numerical advantage on the ice due to one or more penalties given to the opposing team.
- an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power
- (ice hockey) a play in which one team has a numerical advantage over the other as a result of penalties
- a play in which there is a concentration of players in one location on the field of play
verb
- (intransitive) To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results; to collude, to connive, to plot.
- engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
- (transitive) To work together to bring about.
- (intransitive) To agree, to concur to one end.
- act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose
noun
- something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
- intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- (law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
- The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
- Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.
- A person who performs any such trick.
noun
- something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
- pretentious or silly talk or writing
- communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
- (countable, slang) A fraud or sham; (uncountable) hypocrisy.
- (US, countable, slang) Anything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding, especially if trivial.
- (uncountable, slang) Nonsense.
- (countable, US, crime, slang) A false arrest on trumped-up charges.
- (countable, British) A type of hard sweet (candy), usually peppermint flavoured with a striped pattern.
- (countable, slang) A cheat, fraudster, or hypocrite.
- (US, countable, African-American Vernacular, slang) A fight.
- (countable, slang) A hoax, jest, or prank.
- (countable, slang, perhaps by extension) The piglet of the wild boar.
verb
intj
verb
- engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- ask for or request earnestly
- (transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind.
- (transitive) To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power.
- (transitive) To evoke.
- (intransitive) To perform magic tricks.
noun
noun
- A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
- (hydrology) The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore.
- (operations) The process or instance of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
- (boxing) A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.
- The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
- (computing) An installer.
- Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
- equipment designed to serve a specific function
- the way something is organized or arranged
- an act that incriminates someone on a false charge
verb
adj
noun
noun
- A stratagem or trick; an artifice.
- (originally Ireland, dialectal) The apparition of a living person; a person's double, the sight of which is supposedly a sign that they are fated to die soon, a doppelganger; a wraith (“a person's likeness seen just after their death; a ghost, a spectre”).
- (also figuratively) An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance.
- An area over which wind is blowing (over water) and generating waves.
- The length of such an area; the distance a wave can travel across a body of water (without obstruction).
- (uncountable) A game played with a dog in which a person throws an object for the dog to retrieve.
- The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts.
- (computing, specifically) An act of fetching data.
- the action of fetching
intj
verb
- (transitive, ditransitive) To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
- (transitive) To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
- (transitive) To reduce; to throw.
- (nautical) To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
- (intransitive) To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.
- (nautical, transitive) To make (a pump) draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle.
- (transitive, rare, literary) To take (a breath); to heave (a sigh).
- (transitive) To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
- be sold for a certain price
- go or come after and bring or take back
- take someone to hell
noun
- The act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans.
- The act of making contingency plans.
- (informal, British) Ellipsis of planning permission.
- an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action
- the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening
- the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise
verb
noun
- A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming).
- (historical) A person who performs mathematical calculation.
- A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; (now usually) an electronic one specifically.
- an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
- a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations; can be mechanical or electronic
verb
- To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.
- To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work, especially with cuts that are curved rather than only straight slices.
- (figuratively) To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.
- To cut meat in order to serve it.
- (snowboarding) To perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.
- form by carving
- engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface
- cut to pieces
noun
noun
- An intricate plot to catch the unwary.
- The European spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata.
- (informal, usually in the plural) fuzzy inexact memories.
- One of its filaments; gossamer.
- (figurative) Something thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; valueless remainder.
- A spiderweb, or the remains of one, especially an asymmetrical one that is woven with an irregular pattern of threads.
- (Internet slang, rare) A web page that either has not been updated for a long time, or that is rarely visited.
- a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider
- filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
- a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web
noun
- A plot or secret, devious plan.
- (Internet) Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such as http: or news:.
- A systematic plan of future action.
- An orderly combination of related parts.
- (astrology) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
- (mathematics) A mathematical structure that generalizes the notion of an algebraic variety in several ways, such as taking account of multiplicities and allowing "varieties" defined over any commutative ring. Formally, a locally ringed space that admits a covering by open sets, each of which is isomorphic to an affine scheme (i.e. the spectrum of some commutative ring).
- (UK, chiefly Scotland, colloquial) A council housing estate.
- A chart or diagram of a system or object.
- (UK, pensions) A portfolio of pension plans with related benefits comprising multiple independent members.
- a schematic or preliminary plan
- an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
- a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
- an elaborate and systematic plan of action
- a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to affect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
- a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
- The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.
- Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair.
- a clandestine love affair
verb
- (intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
- (transitive) To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
- (transitive) To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.
- (intransitive) To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
- form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
- cause to be interested or curious
noun
- a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
- a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
- A secret plot.
- (derogatory) A putative, secret organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose.
- An identifiable group within the tradition of Discordianism.
verb
noun
- a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
- a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose
- a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
- (law) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
- (linguistics) A situation in which different phonological or grammatical rules lead to similar or related outcomes.
- (rare, collective) A group of ravens.
- (loosely) An agreement to work together to bring something about; an act or instance of conspiring.
- An agreement or arrangement between multiple parties to do something harmful, immoral or subversive; an instance of collusion.
- (loosely) A secret agreement to do something.
- (rare, collective) A group of lemurs.
- (by ellipsis, proscribed) A conspiracy theory; a hypothesis alleging conspiracy.
verb
noun
- An act or activity viewed as the outcome of a plan or scheme, often malicious or nefarious.
- (countable) That which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
- Ellipsis of publicity stunt.
- A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.
- (countable) A two-year-old whale, which, having been weaned, is lean and yields little blubber.
- A check in growth.
- (American football) A special means of rushing the quarterback done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line.
- a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth
- a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention
verb
noun
- A plotter or schemer.
- a person who devises plots or intrigues
- A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.
- (computing) A software tool for designing things.
- a person who specializes in interior design
- someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
- someone who designs clothing
- someone who specializes in graphic design
adj
noun
- Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem.
- (military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units.
- A controlled (especially skillful) movement taken while steering a vehicle.
- (medicine) A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments.
- A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity.
- an action aimed at evading an opponent
- a military training exercise
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- a move made to gain a tactical end
- a plan for attaining a particular goal
verb
- (figurative, intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme
- (figurative, transitive) To guide, steer, manage purposefully
- (ambitransitive) To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- act in order to achieve a certain goal
- perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense
noun
- a cunning or deceitful action or device
- (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner
- a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- a prostitute's customer
- an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent
- an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
- a period of work or duty
- Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
- An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
- (card games) A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
- (nautical) A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
- A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
- (slang) A customer or client of a prostitute.
- (heraldry) A representation of arms that is drawn as an outline with labels to indicate colors.
- An entertaining difficult physical action.
- (Western Pennsylvania) A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
- Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
- (slang, vulgar) A term of abuse.
- (slang) A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.
- A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
adj
verb
noun
- a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage
- Someone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive.
- fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
- a fisherman who uses a hook and line
- An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius.
- A person who fishes with a hook and line.
noun
- Intention or plot.
- (particularly) Malicious or malevolent intention.
- A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
- A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
- The art of designing
- The composition of a work of art.
- The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
- A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.
- something intended as a guide for making something else
- the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
- a decorative or artistic work
- the creation of something in the mind
- an arrangement scheme
- a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something
- an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
verb
- (transitive) To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).
- To manifest requirements to be satisfied by an object or process for them to solve a problem.
- conceive or fashion in the mind; invent
- create designs
- intend or have as a purpose
- plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect
- make or work out a plan for; devise
- create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner
noun
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- any improvised arrangement for temporary use
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- the act of devising something
- A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
- A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
- Something overly artful or artificial.
noun
verb
- make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
- move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- (transitive) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
- (ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
- (transitive) To elude.
- (transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
- (photography, videography) To make an area of an image lighter (when processing photographs in a darkroom, this is accomplished by decreasing the exposure of that area to light).
adj
noun
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- a maneuver in a game or conversation
- Specifically, such a tactic or artifice in military operation.
- (uncountable) Military deception or artifice.
- (uncountable) Cunning and artifice in general.
- A tactic or artifice designed to gain the upper hand, especially one involving underhanded dealings or deception.
noun
- A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
- Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
- (narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
- A grave.
- An area or land used for building on or planting on.
- A plan; a purpose.
- Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
- (fandom slang, euphemistic) Attractive physical attributes of a fictional character; assets.
- A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
- a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
- the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.
- a chart or graph showing the movements or progress of an object
- a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
verb
- plan secretly, usually something illegal
- (transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
- (transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
- (transitive, intransitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
- devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)
- make a plot of
- make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed
noun
- Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge, deception.
- A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.
- (poker) A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) No score.
- A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
- A hiding place.
- A place where people can hide in order to observe wildlife.
- (poker) A player who is forced to pay such a bet.
- (rugby, colloquial) The blindside.
- (military) A blindage.
- a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
- a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
- something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
- people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
adj
- (not comparable) Unable to see, or only partially able to see.
- (horticulture) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.
- Unintelligible or illegible.
- (not comparable) Without any prior knowledge.
- (not comparable) Closed at one end; having a dead end; exitless.
- (comparable) Failing to recognize, acknowledge or perceive.
- (LGBTQ, slang) Uncircumcised.
- (not comparable, metalworking, construction, of a fastener) Able to be fixed without access to one end.
- (Of a pimple) not having a well-defined head.
- (not comparable, of a place) Having little or no visibility.
- (sciences) Using blinded study design, wherein information is purposely limited to prevent bias.
- (in certain phrases, chiefly in the negative) Smallest or slightest.
- (not comparable) Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.
- (not comparable) Unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.
- unable to see
- not based on reason or evidence
- unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
adv
verb
- (transitive) To make temporarily or permanently blind.
- To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
- To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.
- (informal, obsolete except when paired, especially eff and blind) To curse, swear, use foul language
- render unable to see
- make blind by putting the eyes out
- make dim by comparison or conceal
noun
verb
noun
- something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
- a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate
- screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
- a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
- Alternative form of stalking horse.
noun
- A strategy or maneuver with a similar intention.
- (curling) A play used to move the stones to the side of the sheet.
- (sports) A similar situation in other ball games, such as lacrosse, indoor soccer, rugby, and cricket.
- Tactics used to magnify power or influence.
- (ice hockey) A situation where a team has a numerical advantage on the ice due to one or more penalties given to the opposing team.
- an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power
- (ice hockey) a play in which one team has a numerical advantage over the other as a result of penalties
- a play in which there is a concentration of players in one location on the field of play
noun
- something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
- intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- (law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
- The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
- Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.
- A person who performs any such trick.
noun
- something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
- pretentious or silly talk or writing
- communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
- (countable, slang) A fraud or sham; (uncountable) hypocrisy.
- (US, countable, slang) Anything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding, especially if trivial.
- (uncountable, slang) Nonsense.
- (countable, US, crime, slang) A false arrest on trumped-up charges.
- (countable, British) A type of hard sweet (candy), usually peppermint flavoured with a striped pattern.
- (countable, slang) A cheat, fraudster, or hypocrite.
- (US, countable, African-American Vernacular, slang) A fight.
- (countable, slang) A hoax, jest, or prank.
- (countable, slang, perhaps by extension) The piglet of the wild boar.
verb
intj
noun
- A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
- (hydrology) The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore.
- (operations) The process or instance of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
- (boxing) A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.
- The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
- (computing) An installer.
- Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
- equipment designed to serve a specific function
- the way something is organized or arranged
- an act that incriminates someone on a false charge
verb
noun
- A stratagem or trick; an artifice.
- (originally Ireland, dialectal) The apparition of a living person; a person's double, the sight of which is supposedly a sign that they are fated to die soon, a doppelganger; a wraith (“a person's likeness seen just after their death; a ghost, a spectre”).
- (also figuratively) An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance.
- An area over which wind is blowing (over water) and generating waves.
- The length of such an area; the distance a wave can travel across a body of water (without obstruction).
- (uncountable) A game played with a dog in which a person throws an object for the dog to retrieve.
- The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts.
- (computing, specifically) An act of fetching data.
- the action of fetching
intj
verb
- (transitive, ditransitive) To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
- (transitive) To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
- (transitive) To reduce; to throw.
- (nautical) To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
- (intransitive) To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.
- (nautical, transitive) To make (a pump) draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle.
- (transitive, rare, literary) To take (a breath); to heave (a sigh).
- (transitive) To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
- be sold for a certain price
- go or come after and bring or take back
- take someone to hell
noun
- The act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans.
- The act of making contingency plans.
- (informal, British) Ellipsis of planning permission.
- an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action
- the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening
- the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise
verb
noun
- A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming).
- (historical) A person who performs mathematical calculation.
- A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; (now usually) an electronic one specifically.
- an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
- a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations; can be mechanical or electronic
noun
- An intricate plot to catch the unwary.
- The European spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata.
- (informal, usually in the plural) fuzzy inexact memories.
- One of its filaments; gossamer.
- (figurative) Something thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; valueless remainder.
- A spiderweb, or the remains of one, especially an asymmetrical one that is woven with an irregular pattern of threads.
- (Internet slang, rare) A web page that either has not been updated for a long time, or that is rarely visited.
- a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider
- filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
- a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web
verb
- (transitive) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
- (transitive) To load with a pack.
- (transitive) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
- (transitive) To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.
- (transitive, slang) To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.
- (transitive) To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.
- (transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
- (intransitive, LGBTQ, especially of a trans man or drag king) To wear an object, such as a prosthetic penis, inside one’s trousers to appear more male or masculine.
- (transitive, historical) To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
- (transitive, progressive aspect, slang) To have a large penis, as if carrying a large weapon on one's person.
- (transitive, US, chiefly Western US) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).
- (transitive) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into.
- (intransitive) To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.
- (transitive, sports, slang) To block a shot, especially in basketball.
- (transitive, computing) To compress (data).
- (transitive, card games) To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
- (intransitive, of animals) To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.
- (intransitive) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
- (intransitive) To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.
- (intransitive) To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.
- (transitive, figurative) To load; to encumber.
- (intransitive, rugby, of the forwards in a rugby team) To play together cohesively, specially with reference to technique in the scrum.
- (transitive) To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
- carry, as on one's back
- hike with a backpack
- have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
- load with a pack
- fill to capacity
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- seal with packing
- press down tightly
- compress into a wad
- press tightly together or cram
- treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood
- arrange in a container
- set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome
noun
- A full set of playing cards
- A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
- A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
- A group of Cub Scouts.
- (roller derby) The largest group of blockers from both teams skating in close proximity.
- A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
- The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
- (slang) A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
- A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
- A shook of cask staves.
- (rugby) The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
- (medicine) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
- A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
- (snooker, pool) A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
- A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
- A multitude.
- A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
- A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
- A flock of knots.
- (slang) A package of cigarettes.
- an association of criminals
- a large indefinite quantity
- an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
- a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect
- a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)
- a bundle (especially one carried on the back)
- a complete collection of similar things
- a cream that cleanses and tones the skin
- a group of hunting animals
noun
- A plot or secret, devious plan.
- (Internet) Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such as http: or news:.
- A systematic plan of future action.
- An orderly combination of related parts.
- (astrology) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
- (mathematics) A mathematical structure that generalizes the notion of an algebraic variety in several ways, such as taking account of multiplicities and allowing "varieties" defined over any commutative ring. Formally, a locally ringed space that admits a covering by open sets, each of which is isomorphic to an affine scheme (i.e. the spectrum of some commutative ring).
- (UK, chiefly Scotland, colloquial) A council housing estate.
- A chart or diagram of a system or object.
- (UK, pensions) A portfolio of pension plans with related benefits comprising multiple independent members.
- a schematic or preliminary plan
- an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
- a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
- an elaborate and systematic plan of action
- a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
verb
noun
- A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to affect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
- a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
- The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.
- Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair.
- a clandestine love affair
verb
- (intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
- (transitive) To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
- (transitive) To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.
- (intransitive) To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
- form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
- cause to be interested or curious
verb
- (intransitive) To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results; to collude, to connive, to plot.
- engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
- (transitive) To work together to bring about.
- (intransitive) To agree, to concur to one end.
- act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose
noun
- Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem.
- (military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units.
- A controlled (especially skillful) movement taken while steering a vehicle.
- (medicine) A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments.
- A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity.
- an action aimed at evading an opponent
- a military training exercise
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- a move made to gain a tactical end
- a plan for attaining a particular goal
verb
- (figurative, intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme
- (figurative, transitive) To guide, steer, manage purposefully
- (ambitransitive) To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- act in order to achieve a certain goal
- perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense
noun
- a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
- a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
- A secret plot.
- (derogatory) A putative, secret organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose.
- An identifiable group within the tradition of Discordianism.
verb
verb
- engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- ask for or request earnestly
- (transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind.
- (transitive) To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power.
- (transitive) To evoke.
- (intransitive) To perform magic tricks.
noun
noun
- A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
- Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
- (narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
- A grave.
- An area or land used for building on or planting on.
- A plan; a purpose.
- Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
- (fandom slang, euphemistic) Attractive physical attributes of a fictional character; assets.
- A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
- a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
- the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.
- a chart or graph showing the movements or progress of an object
- a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
verb
- plan secretly, usually something illegal
- (transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
- (transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
- (transitive, intransitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
- devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)
- make a plot of
- make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed
verb
- To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.
- To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work, especially with cuts that are curved rather than only straight slices.
- (figuratively) To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.
- To cut meat in order to serve it.
- (snowboarding) To perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.
- form by carving
- engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface
- cut to pieces
noun
adj
- Designed or executed to deceive or mislead.
- (set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.
- Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
- (euphemistic, of art) bad, unartistic, busy.
- (of a created thing) Original, expressive and imaginative.
- promoting construction or creation
- having the ability or power to create
noun
adj
noun
noun
- a cunning or deceitful action or device
- (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner
- a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- a prostitute's customer
- an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent
- an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
- a period of work or duty
- Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
- An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
- (card games) A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
- (nautical) A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
- A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
- (slang) A customer or client of a prostitute.
- (heraldry) A representation of arms that is drawn as an outline with labels to indicate colors.
- An entertaining difficult physical action.
- (Western Pennsylvania) A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
- Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
- (slang, vulgar) A term of abuse.
- (slang) A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.
- A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.