thimblerig

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups (or thimbles) a pea-sized object has been placed after the party operating the game rapidly rearranges them, providing opportunity for sleight-of-hand trickery; a shell game.
2. (countable, uncountable) One operating such a game.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To cheat in the thimblerig game.
2. (ambitransitive, figuratively) To cheat (someone) by trickery.

Έννοιες

εξαπατώ

ταχυδακτυλουργικό παιγνίδι

Συνώνυμα

shell game

legerdemain

swindle

conjuration

conjuring trick

cozen

deceive

deception

defraud

delude

diddle

flimflam

gull

illusion

magic

🪄

pup

sleight of hand

thaumaturgy

trick

victimize

fast one

magic trick

beguile

sleightof- hand

bilk

cheat

Μεταφράσεις

Hütchenspiel

Pepito paga doble

trilero

trile

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈθɪmbəlɹɪɡ/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From thimble + rig.