ruse

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs.
2. An action intended to deceive; a trick.
3. Cunning, guile, trickery.

Verb

1. To deceive or trick using a ruse.
2. Of an animal: to turn or double back to elude hunters or their hunting dogs.

Concepten

list

slimmigheid

kneep

slimmigheidje

truc

kunstgreep

schijnbeweging

foefje

uitvlucht

truuk

afleidingsmanoeuvre

Synoniemen

trick

artifice

stratagem

wile

ploy

cunning

craftiness

wiles

device

deception

dodge

contrivance

maneuver

slyness

gimmick

catch

feint

trap

🪤

cunningness

subterfuge

wiliness

jugglery

knack

make-believe

manoeuvre

mischief

pitfall

plot

prank

quirk

ruff

scheme

seek

🔍

shrewd

shrewdness

sleight

snag

squiggle

storyline

strategy

stunt

swindles

tactics

tease

trickery

tricks

wangle

plot line

deception tactics

management

hidden motive

trickishness

archness

come-off

artfulness

banter

chicanery

claptrap

contraption

craft

deceit

expedient

fetch

finesse

flourish

foxiness

game

guile

hitch

hocus pocus

hook

🪝

intrigue

jest

joke

🤣

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɹuːz/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English rūse (“evasive movements of a pursued animal; circuitous course taken by a hunter to pursue a game animal”), from Old French rëuse, ruse (“evasive movements of a pursued animal; trickery”) (modern French ruse (“trick, ruse; cunning, guile”)), from ruser (“to use cunning, to be crafty, beguile”), possibly from Latin rursus (“backward; on the contrary; again, in return”) or Latin recūsāre, from recūsō (“to decline, refuse; to object to, protest, reject”). Doublet of recuse and rouse in the latter case.
The verb is derived from the noun. Compare Middle French ruser (“to use cunning, to be crafty, beguile”); see further above.