noun · countable / uncountable · rare

ruse

ruse · ruses

хитрість, обман, хитрощі, виверт

хитрость, уловка, наколка, ухищрение

List, Trick, Kniff, Finte

An action intended to deceiveAn action intended to deceive; a trick.

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UK/ɹuːz/US/ɹuz/

» Tom had suspected that it was a ruse.

Том подозревал, что это уловка. — marafon

Том мав підозру, що це був підступ. — deniko

Том мав підозру, що це були хитрощі. — deniko

Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR

Meaning

3 senses

(broadly, countable)An action intended to deceive; a trick.
Near-synonyms: ploy, stratagem, artifice
Kniff, List, Finte
кунштю́кkunštjúk, нако́лкаnakólka, уло́вкаulóvka
хитрістьxytristʹ, вивертvyvert
(uncountable)Cunning, guile, trickery.
Betrügerei, Trick, Ablenkungsmanöver
хитрощіxytrošči, обманobman
(archaic, countable, often, rare)A turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs.
скидкаskidka

More definitions

a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

Examples

10 sentences

Tom had suspected that it was a ruse.
Том мав підозру, що це був підступ. — deniko
ruТом подозревал, что это уловка. — marafon
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It was a clever ruse.
Це були дотепні хитрощі. — deniko
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It could just be a ruse.
ruЭто могло быть просто хитростью. — odexed
deEs könnte eine bloße List sein. — Yorwba
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It was naught but a ruse.
Це було нічим іншим як підступом. — deniko
ruЭто было не что иное, как уловка. — marafon
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It was a ruse.
Це були хитрощі. — deniko
ruЭто была уловка. — marafon
deEs war eine List. — Yorwba
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

action intended to deceive — see also trick:

guile, trickery:

Русский

By meaning 2

turning or doubling back:

action intended to deceive — see also trick:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

action intended to deceive — see also trick:

guile, trickery:

Origin

From Middle English rūse (“evasive movements of a pursued animal; circuitous course taken

From Middle English rūse (“evasive movements of a pursued animal; circuitous course taken by a hunter to pursue a game animal”), from Old French rëuse, ruse (“evasive movements of a pursued animal; trickery”) (modern French ruse (“trick, ruse; cunning, guile”)), from ruser (“to use cunning, to be crafty, beguile”), possibly from Latin rursus (“backward; on the contrary; again, in return”) or Latin recūsāre, from recūsō (“to decline, refuse; to object to, protest, reject”). Doublet of recuse and rouse in the latter case.

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