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shenanigans
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick, deception |
| Synonyms: | angle, artifice, blind, booby trap, curveball, deceit, device, dodge, feint, gambit, game, game plan, gimmick, hoax, imposture, jig, maneuver, ploy, scenario, sham, shenanigans*, shift, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, switch*, twist*, wile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trickery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deception, joke |
| Synonyms: | bait and switch, cheat, cheating, chicane, chicanery, con, deceit, dishonesty, dodge, double-cross, double-dealing, dupery, fast shuffle, flimflam, fourberie, fraud, funny business, guile, hoax, imposture, pretense, quackery, razzle-dazzle, scam, sharp practice, shell game, shenanigans*, snow job, sting*, stunt, swindling, underhandedness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cunning |
| Synonyms: | angle, artfulness, artifice, cheating, chicane, chicanery, con*, contrivance, craft, craftiness, deceit, deception, device, dishonesty, dissimulation, dodge, feint, flimflam, fraud, gambit, game, gimmick, guile, hoax, horseplay, imposition, little game, lure, maneuver, monkey business, monkeyshines, plot, ploy, racket, ruse, scam*, scheming, setup, shenanigans*, skullduggery, slant, slyness, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, switch, trick, trickery, twist |
| Antonyms: | naivety, stupidity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | practical joke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick or prank |
| Synonyms: | antic, caper, escapade, espieglerie, fool's errand, frolic, gag, high jinks, mischievous trick, monkeyshines, prank, shenanigans, stunt, tomfoolery, trick |
| Main Entry: | high jinks |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fun and games |
| Synonyms: | antic, caper, escapade, frolic, fun, horseplay, larks, mischief, monkey business, monkeyshines, practical joke, prank, shenanigans, stunt, tomfoolery |
| Main Entry: | devilry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mischief |
| Synonyms: | devilishment, devilment, deviltry, diablerie, high jinks, mischief-making, mischievousness, naughtiness, prankishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigans, trouble, wickedness |
| Main Entry: | deviltry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mischief |
| Synonyms: | black magic, cruelty, devilishment, devilment, devilry, diablerie, evil, evil magic, evildoing, high jinks, iniquity, magic, mischief-making, mischievousness, misdeed, naughtiness, offense, prankishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigans, sin, trouble, wickedness, witchcraft, witchery, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | impishness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mischief |
| Synonyms: | atrocity, catastrophe, devilment, devilry, deviltry, diablerie, dirty trick, evil, fault, friskiness, frolicsomeness, funny business, gag, harm, high jinks, hurt, ill, injury, misbehavior, mischievousness, misconduct, misdoing, misfortune, monkey business, naughtiness, outrage, playfulness, prank, prankishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, sabotage, shenanigans, sportiveness, tomfoolery, transgression, vandalism, waggery, waggishness, waywardness, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | mischievousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mischief |
| Synonyms: | atrocity, catastrophe, devilment, devilry, deviltry, diablerie, dirty trick, evil, fault, friskiness, frolicsomeness, funny business, gag, harm, high jinks, hurt, ill, impishness, injury, misbehavior, misconduct, misdoing, misfortune, monkey business, naughtiness, outrage, playfulness, prank, prankishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, sabotage, shenanigans, sportiveness, tomfoolery, transgression, vandalism, waggery, waggishness, waywardness, wrong, wrongdoing |
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