bunco
bunco · buncos · buncoes
A swindle or confidence trickA swindle or confidence trick.
/ˈbʌŋkəʊ/
Meaning
3 senses(US, countable, slang, uncountable)A swindle or confidence trick.
(uncountable)A parlour game played in teams with three dice, originating in England but popular among suburban women in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century.
(countable, uncountable)A brigand.
More definitions
- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Origin
Reportedly from Spanish banca, a card game.Reportedly from Spanish banca, a card game.
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Forms
plural: buncos / buncoesSynonyms
10 synonymsClose in meaning
- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property:bunco gamebunkobunko gameconconfidence trickconfidence gamecon gamehustle
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedbunco-steerer
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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