英语词汇“gaffing”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

as in tricking

to cause to believe what is untrue a sleazy schemer who gaffed gullible people into thinking they could get rich with a money-making opportunity

Synonyms & Similar Words

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tricking
fooling
deceiving
teasing
catching
snookering
juggling
duping
gulling
hoaxing
kidding
stinging
bluffing
misleading
cheating
conning
humbugging
gammoning
deluding
suckering
bamboozling
burning
spoofing
hoodwinking
misinforming
cozening
having
misguiding
stringing along
sucking in
snowing
buffaloing
beguiling
taking in
pulling one's leg
sticking
having on
hornswoggling
faking out
doing a number on
bleeding
fleecing
swindling
hustling
leading one down the garden path
mulcting
leading one up the garden path
defrauding
pulling the wool over one's eyes
rooking
chiseling
skinning
diddling
squeezing
putting on
shortchanging
chiselling
flimflamming
euchring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

exposing
uncovering
revealing
debunking
telling
unmasking
disclosing
undeceiving
divulging
unveiling
uncloaking
showing up
disillusioning
disabusing
disenchanting

as in squeezing

to rob by the use of trickery or threats the operators of the traveling carnival had gaffed patrons with a variety of time-honored ruses

Synonyms & Similar Words

squeezing
cheating
plucking
hustling
stinging
sticking
doing
screwing
beating
bleeding
fiddling
fleecing
swindling
mulcting
defrauding
rooking
skinning
chiseling
conning
victimizing
exploiting
diddling
hosing
suckering
tricking
bilking
deceiving
nobbling
thimblerigging
stiffing
chiselling
shorting
flimflamming
reaming
chousing
cozening
euchring
shortchanging
fooling
wrenching
shaking down
clipping
betraying
ripping off
skunking
gouging
soaking
milking
wresting
nicking
wringing
duping
extorting
gulling
taking for a ride
doing in
overcharging
selling a bill of goods to
taking to the cleaners
bamboozling
bitching
double-crossing
roping (in)
fast-talking

单词	gaffing
释义	gaff 1 of 5 noun (1) ˈgaf 1 a : a handled hook for holding or lifting heavy fish b : a spear or spearhead for taking fish or turtles c : a metal spur for a gamecock d : a butcher's hook e : a climbing iron or its steel point 2 : the spar (see spar entry 1 sense 2a) on which the head of a fore-and-aft sail is extended 3 : gaffe gaff 2 of 5 verb (1) gaffed; gaffing; gaffs transitive verb 1 : to strike or secure with a spear or hook gaff a salmon 2 : to fit (a gamecock) with a metal spur gaff 3 of 5 noun (2) 1 a : something painful or difficult to bear : ordeal —usually used in the phrase stand the gaff especially : persistent raillery or criticism b : rough treatment : abuse 2 a : hoax, fraud b : gimmick, trick gaff 4 of 5 verb (2) gaffed; gaffing; gaffs transitive verb 1 : deceive, trick also : fleece 2 : to fix for the purpose of cheating gaff the dice gaff 5 of 5 noun (3) British : a cheap theater or music hall Synonyms Noun (1) familiarity faux pas gaffe impropriety indiscretion solecism Verb (2) bamboozle beguile bluff buffalo burn catch con cozen deceive delude dupe fake out fool gammon gull have have on [chiefly British] hoax hoodwink hornswoggle humbug juggle misguide misinform mislead snooker snow spoof string along suck in sucker take in trick See all Synonyms & Antonyms Word History Etymology Noun (1) borrowed from French gaffe, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Old Occitan gaf, probably derivative of gafar "to seize," of obscure origin Note: Middle English gaffe, occurring in the early 14th-century "Kildare Poems" (British Library MS Harley 913) and glossed "iron hook" in the Middle English Dictionary, is of uncertain relation to the modern word. It predates attestations of the word in French. Verb (1) derivative of gaff entry 1 Noun (2) of obscure origin Verb (2) probably derivative of gaff entry 3 Noun (3) of obscure origin First Known Use Noun (1) circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1b Verb (1) 1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Noun (2) 1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Verb (2) 1933, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Noun (3) 1812, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing gaff blow the gaff gaff-topsail blow the gaff gaff-topsail gaffing verb present participle of gaff 1 as in tricking to cause to believe what is untrue a sleazy schemer who gaffed gullible people into thinking they could get rich with a money-making opportunity Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance tricking fooling deceiving teasing catching snookering juggling duping gulling hoaxing kidding stinging bluffing misleading cheating conning humbugging gammoning deluding suckering bamboozling burning spoofing hoodwinking misinforming cozening having misguiding stringing along sucking in snowing buffaloing beguiling taking in pulling one's leg sticking having on hornswoggling faking out doing a number on bleeding fleecing swindling hustling leading one down the garden path mulcting leading one up the garden path defrauding pulling the wool over one's eyes rooking chiseling skinning diddling squeezing putting on shortchanging chiselling flimflamming euchring Antonyms & Near Antonyms exposing uncovering revealing debunking telling unmasking disclosing undeceiving divulging unveiling uncloaking showing up disillusioning disabusing disenchanting See More 2 as in squeezing to rob by the use of trickery or threats the operators of the traveling carnival had gaffed patrons with a variety of time-honored ruses Synonyms & Similar Words squeezing cheating plucking hustling stinging sticking doing screwing beating bleeding fiddling fleecing swindling mulcting defrauding rooking skinning chiseling conning victimizing exploiting diddling hosing suckering tricking bilking deceiving nobbling thimblerigging stiffing chiselling shorting flimflamming reaming chousing cozening euchring shortchanging fooling wrenching shaking down clipping betraying ripping off skunking gouging soaking milking wresting nicking wringing duping extorting gulling taking for a ride doing in overcharging selling a bill of goods to taking to the cleaners bamboozling bitching double-crossing roping (in) fast-talking
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gaff

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