All bunco synonyms
bunΒ·co
B b noun bunco
- plant β any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- whitewash β a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc.
- jazz β music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
- flimflam β a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
- wrong β not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- deceit β Deceit is behaviour that is deliberately intended to make people believe something which is not true.
- stunt β to use in doing stunts: to stunt an airplane.
- spoof β a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody: The show was a spoof of college life.
- hustle β to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- artifice β Artifice is the clever use of tricks and devices.
- put-on β an act or instance of putting someone on.
- hoaxing β something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
- cozening β Present participle of cozen.
- plot β a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- skunk β a small North American mammal, Mephitis mephitis, of the weasel family, having a black coat with a white, V -shaped stripe on the back, and ejecting a fetid odor when alarmed or attacked.
- connivance β Connivance is a willingness to allow or assist something to happen even though you know it is wrong.
- cahoots β partnership; league (esp in the phrases go in cahoots with, go cahoot)
- craft β You can refer to a boat, a spacecraft, or an aircraft as a craft.
- guilt β the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability: He admitted his guilt.
- scheme β a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project.
- intrigue β to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work.
- guiltiness β having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable: The jury found her guilty of murder.
verb bunco
- trim β to put into a neat or orderly condition by clipping, paring, pruning, etc.: to trim a hedge.
- ream β a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- crib β A crib is a bed for a small baby.
- cross β If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
- skin β the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- milk β cow's milk for food
- screw β a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- gouge β a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
- diddle β If someone diddles you, they take money from you dishonestly or unfairly.
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- cozen β to cheat or trick (someone)
- finagle β to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of): He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
- bamboozle β To bamboozle someone means to confuse them greatly and often trick them.
- do β Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- hose β a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point: a garden hose; a fire hose.
- beat β If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- sucker β a person or thing that sucks.
- burn β If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
- short β having little length; not long.
- two-time β to be unfaithful to (a lover or spouse).
- bleed β When you bleed, you lose blood from your body as a result of injury or illness.
- shaft β a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
- rook β one of two pieces of the same color that may be moved any number of unobstructed squares horizontally or vertically; castle.
- stiff β rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
- fudge β a small stereotype or a few lines of specially prepared type, bearing a newspaper bulletin, for replacing a detachable part of a page plate without the need to replate the entire page.
- chisel β A chisel is a tool that has a long metal blade with a sharp edge at the end. It is used for cutting and shaping wood and stone.
- sandbag β a bag filled with sand, used in fortification, as ballast, etc.
- caboodle β a lot, bunch, or group (esp in the phrases the whole caboodle, the whole kit and caboodle)