ruse (noun)
1ruse — ► NOUN ▪ a stratagem or trick. ORIGIN from Old French ruser use trickery , earlier drive back , perhaps from Latin rursus backwards …
2ruse contre ruse — /rüz kɔ̃tr᾽ rüz/ noun (French) Cunning against cunning • • • Main Entry: ↑ruse …
3ruse — (n.) early 15c., dodging movements of a hunted animal, from O.Fr. ruse (14c.), noun use of ruser to dodge, repel, retreat, from L. recusare deny, reject, oppose, from re intensive prefix, + causari plead as a reason, object, allege, from causa… …
4ruse — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clever, elaborate PREPOSITION ▪ ruse by sb ▪ The attack may merely be a ruse by the enemy to distract our forces …
5ruse de guerre — /də ger/ noun (French) A stratagem of war • • • Main Entry: ↑ruse …
6ruse — I noun art, artifice, bait, blind, camouflage, cheat, chicane, chicanery, chouse, circumvention, craft, crafty device, deceit, deception, decoy, delusion, design, disguise, dodge, dolus, duplicity, evasion, feint, fetch, finesse, flimflam, fraud …
7ruse — [ rus, ruz ] noun count a plan or trick used for hiding your true intentions …
8ruse — noun (C) a clever trick used to deceive someone: It dawned on me that this was only a ruse, done to gain time …
9ruse — noun his offer to help with my presentation was just a clever ruse Syn: ploy, stratagem, tactic, scheme, trick, gambit, cunning plan, dodge, subterfuge, machination, wile …
10ruse — noun Etymology: French, from Old French, roundabout path taken by fleeing game, trickery, from reuser Date: 1625 a wily subterfuge Synonyms: see trick …
