Ruse

Noun

 * 1) a trick
 * 2) guile

Derived terms

 * ruse de guerre

Adjectives for Ruse
innocent; favorite; desperate; ready-wittedy clever.

Verbs for Ruse
contrive—; detect—; design—; devise—; elude—; evade—; plan—; plant—; suggest —; —ambushes; —baits; —beguiles; —distracts; —diverts; —ensnares; —lures; — succeeds; —tempts; —traps; —tricks ; — waylays.

Thesaurus
art, artful dodge, artifice, bag of tricks, blind, bluff, bosey, catch, chicanery, chouse, conspiracy, contrivance, coup, craft, curve, curve-ball, cute trick, deceit, deception, design, device, dirty deal, dirty trick, dodge, expedient, fakement, fast deal, feint, fetch, ficelle, gambit, game, gimmick, googly, grift, hoax, hocus-pocus, imposture, intrigue, jig, joker, juggle, jugglery, knavery, little game, maneuver, move, pass, plot, ploy, pretext, racket, red herring, scheme, scurvy trick, shift, sleight, sleight of hand, sleight-of-hand trick, stratagem, strategy, subterfuge, tactic, trick, trickery, wile, wily device

Etymology
From, from ruse:, with conflicting  origins.

Translations

 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:, truuk
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Russian: уловка
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: ,


 * Czech:
 * Dutch: afleidingsmanoeuvre, schijnbeweging
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:


 * : truque, maracutaia
 * : smicalica

Anagrams

 * rues, sure, user

Noun

 * 1) fish-trap

Adverb

 * 1) in the Russian language
 * 2) in the manner of a Russian person

Noun

 * 1)  cunning, guile
 * 2) ruse, trick

Etymology
From ruser:.

Anagrams

 * rues
 * suer
 * sure, sûre
 * user

Verb

 * 1) To rev an engine
 * 2)  To use illegal drugs