con¹ /kon/ (slang)

Short for confidence, as in con game or con trick a swindle

1. To swindle
2. To trick
3. To persuade by dishonest means

A trick, swindle

con artist, con'man or con'woman noun

A swindler, esp one with a persuasive way of talking

con³ (Spenser conne or kon) /kon/ (archaic)

1. To know
2. To learn
3. To study carefully, scan, pore over
4. To commit to memory
5. To acknowledge (as in to con thanks)
6. To teach or show

connˈer noun

connˈing noun

con⁴ or conn /kun or kon/ (nautical)

To direct the steering of (also intransitive verb)

The act or station of conning

conˈder or conner /kunˈər or konˈər/ noun

1. A person who directs steering
2. A lookout on land, who signals the movements of fish to fishermen

connˈing noun

connˈing-tower noun

The pilot house of a warship or the raised structure on the hull of a submarine, acting as a bridge when the submarine is on the surface

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