All juke synonyms
juke
J j verb juke
- cheque β A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
- checkmate β to thwart or render powerless
- crab β A crab is a sea creature with a flat round body covered by a shell, and five pairs of legs with large claws on the front pair. Crabs usually move sideways.
- cramp β Cramp is a sudden strong pain caused by a muscle suddenly contracting. You sometimes get cramp in a muscle after you have been making a physical effort over a long period of time.
- crimp β If you crimp something such as a piece of fabric or pastry, you make small folds in it.
- dash β If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
- defeat β If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
- disappoint β to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of: His gross ingratitude disappointed us.
- disconcert β to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
- dodge β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- faze β to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt: The worst insults cannot faze him.
- outwit β to get the better of by superior ingenuity or cleverness; outsmart: to outwit a dangerous opponent.
- rattle β to give out or cause a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as in consequence of agitation and repeated concussions: The windows rattled in their frames.
- restrain β to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- skip β to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- stymie β Golf. (on a putting green) an instance of a ball's lying on a direct line between the cup and the ball of an opponent about to putt.
- foul up β something that is foul.
- hang up β the way in which a thing hangs.
- run rings around β a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- shuffle off β to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait.
- mislead β to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
- cheat β When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
- delude β If you delude yourself, you let yourself believe that something is true, even though it is not true.
- dupe β duplicate.
- hoodwink β to deceive or trick.
- pretend β to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
- bamboozle β To bamboozle someone means to confuse them greatly and often trick them.
- bluff β A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it.
- chicane β a bridge or whist hand without trumps
- con β Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
- diddle β If someone diddles you, they take money from you dishonestly or unfairly.
- flimflam β a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
- fox β Free Objects for Crystallography
- gull β a person who is easily deceived or cheated; dupe.
- hoax β something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
- jive β swing music or early jazz.
- kid β Thomas, 1558β94, English dramatist.
- outfox β to outwit; outsmart; outmaneuver: Politics is often the art of knowing how to outfox the opposition.
- scam β a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- snow β Sir Charles Percy (C. P. Snow) 1905β80, English novelist and scientist.
- 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.
- trifle β an article or thing of very little value.
- lead on β to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- make believe β the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- play-act β to engage in make-believe.
- put on β a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- suck in β to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
- take in β the act of taking.