verschalken

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (transitive) to eat up, to catch and eat
  2. (transitive) to mislead, to fool
  3. (transitive) to catch by means of cunning, to trap, to capture, to ensnare
  4. (transitive) to ambush

Sinonieme

te slim af zijn

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/vərˈsxɑl.kə(n)/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle Dutch verschalken (“to subjugate, to mislead, to outwit”). By surface analysis, schalk (“scoundrel”) + ver- -en.

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