"shell game" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-us-shell game.ogg Forms: shell games [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} shell game (plural shell games)
  1. A game of skill which requires the bettor to guess which of three small cups (or shells) a pea-sized object is concealed under, after the party operating the game rapidly rearranges them, providing opportunity for sleight-of-hand trickery. Categories (topical): Crime, Gambling, Games Synonyms: thimblerig Related terms: three-card monte Translations (game which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups a pea-sized object has been placed): тука има тука няма (tuka ima tuka njama) (Bulgarian), skořápky [feminine, plural] (Czech), Hütchenspiel [neuter] (German), itt a piros, hol a piros (Hungarian), cluiche sliogán [masculine] (Irish), cleas na méaracán [masculine] (Irish), напёрстки (napjórstki) [plural] (Russian), trile [masculine] (Spanish), Pepito paga doble [masculine] (Spanish), mosqueta [feminine] (Spanish), bägarspelet [neuter] (Swedish), tric y tri gwniadur [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-shell_game-en-noun-G-pZYTDj Disambiguation of Crime: 51 49 Disambiguation of Gambling: 84 16 Disambiguation of Games: 82 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'game which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups a pea-sized object has been placed': 92 8
  2. Any confidence scheme, especially one involving the rapid movement of investment funds to a location beyond recovery. Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-shell_game-en-noun-pb7lnLq1 Disambiguation of Crime: 51 49

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