to hook or entangle; "One foot caught in the stirrup"
get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly; "Catch some sleep"; "catch one's breath"
a restraint that checks the motion of something;
cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled; "I caught the hem of my dress in the brambles"
check oneself during an action; "She managed to catch herself before telling her boss what was on her mind"
a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident; "it sounds good but what's the catch?"
spread or be communicated; "The fashion did not catch"
start burning; "The fire caught"
a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot; "the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach"
CON
in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.; "much was written pro and con"
To direct the steering or course of (a vessel).
n.
1. The area or structure on a vessel from which the vessel is conned.
2. The position or authority of the officer conning a vessel.
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
an argument opposed to a proposal
a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"
deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
DUPE
a person who is tricked or swindled
fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
FASTONE
FLIMFLAM
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Nonsense
FOOL
make a fool or dupe of
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
a person who lacks good judgment
a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
Noun: chiefly Brit a dessert made from a purée of fruit with cream or custard: gooseberry fool
Idiot
indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about"
fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"
GET
evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time"
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me"
ions"
reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; "did you catch that allusion?"; "We caught something of his theory in the lecture"; "don't catch your meaning"; "did you get it?"; "She didn't get the joke"; "I just don't get him"
reach and board; "She got the bus just as it
HOAX
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
subject to a playful hoax or joke
MISLEAD
give false or misleading information to
lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver"
PLOY
an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
a maneuver in a game or conversation
PRACTICALJOKE
RUSE
a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
Trick
SCAM
deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
a fraudulent business scheme
con, cheat
STRATAGEM
a maneuver in a game or conversation
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
A plan
Ruse
STUNT
a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention
perform a stunt or stunts
a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth
check the growth or development of; "You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles"
SUBTERFUGE
something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"
WILE
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)