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Meanings of put-on in English

Portuguese
paródia
Catalan
paròdia
Wikidata

A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way.

paródia
Portuguese
fraude
Catalan
jugada
Spanish
camelo

Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage.

fraude
Portuguese
travessura
Catalan
befa
Spanish
broma

A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement.

travessura
Synonyms
Examples for "trick"
Examples for "trick"
1
The taxman has, however, long ago found a way around this trick.
The South African
2
Old friends, new friends, the neighbours we went trick-or-treating with every year.
News.com.au
3
D. The old trick; picking one text, straining it; and ignoring six.
Hard Cash
4
Just three simple squirts in the right places will do the trick.
Triplanetary
5
The new Apple TV could be Steve Jobs' best sleight-of-hand trick yet.
Wired
1
Which means we clearly should have used said joke in the headline.
Wired
2
At times at East End Park, the joke threatened to come true.
The Guardian
3
Some of the sites they produce are terrific; others simply in-joke backchat.
The Guardian
4
Tell me the best joke you heard around the fire this year?
The South African
5
A joke … Something good … I have to say something good.
The Guardian
1
The prank caller said that his plan could have easily gone wrong.
Radio NZ
2
Each of the boys in turn became the victim of some prank.
The Young Pitcher
3
Whatever had happened wasn't a prank gone wrong that I'd orchestrated myself.
The Lying Game
4
And anyway, is there really any such thing as an innocent prank?
Dangerous Women
5
Real funny. Tony had to admit it was a pretty good prank.
Midnight caller
1
They have resolved a long debated problem: how does the caper grow?
The Irish Times
2
We want to see Doge in a full-blown box office action caper.
The Guardian
3
The broomstick caper alone had cost Ravenclaw and Gryffindor fifty points each.
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
4
Then the dream hopped up into the air and cut a caper.
The Counterpane Fairy
5
He cut a kind of wumbled caper in his pleasure and excitement.
A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote)
1
Cosily ensconced in a corner, every antic of the lightly-laden, wave-tossed Soulacroup.
The Idol of Paris
2
If war is not holy man is nothing but antic clay.
Blood Meridian
3
Perhaps this made the antics of the shore acceptable, more apparently natural.
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
4
The year in review and John Keys 'The Rock' radio station antics.
Radio NZ
5
Years ago, they would have gone to the blocks for their antics.
Gladiatrix