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be cunning
index cheat, circumvent, delude, illude, scheme

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  • Cunning — Cun ning (k[u^]n n[i^]ng), a. [AS. cunnan to know, to be able. See 1st {Con}, {Can}.] 1. Knowing; skillful; dexterous. A cunning workman. Ex. xxxviii. 23. [1913 Webster] Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white Nature s own sweet and cunning… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cunning — Cun ning, n. [AS. cunnung trial, or Icel. kunnandi knowledge. See {Cunning}, a.] 1. Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] Let my right hand forget her cunning. Ps. cxxxvii. 5. [1913 Webster] A carpenter s desert Stands more… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cunning (owarai) — Cunning Cunning (カンニング) was a Japanese comedy duo (kombi) from Fukuoka Prefecture. Cunning consisted of the pudgy, short tempered Takanori Takeyama (竹山隆範), and the rail thin Tadayuki Nakashima (中島忠幸). Known for his bursts of extreme anger, though …   Wikipedia

  • Cunning Stunts (Metallica) — Cunning Stunts Cunning Stunts Réalisation Wayne Isham Adam Dubin Acteurs principaux Metallica Musique Metallica Production Dana Marshall Joe Plewa Société de distribution Elektra Entertainment Genre Concert …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Cunning Stunts (Cows album) — Cunning Stunts Studio album by Cows Released September 9, 1992 …   Wikipedia

  • Cunning Stunts (Caravan album) — Cunning Stunts Studio album by Caravan Released 1975 …   Wikipedia

  • Cunning Stunts — is the name of a fictional play in the novel Transparent Things by Vladimir Nabokov (published in 1972). It is a spoonerism. Later appropriated by: Cunning Stunts (Caravan album) Cunning Stunts (Cows album) Cunning Stunts (video), a concert video …   Wikipedia

  • Cunning — can also mean slip past or sneaky. Cunning can refer to the following: A Japanese comedy group known as Cunning (owarai) The Cunning folk, a type of folk magic user This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an …   Wikipedia

  • Cunning Stunts (video) — Cunning Stunts Video by Metallica Released December 8, 1998 …   Wikipedia

  • cunning — adj 1 ingenious, *clever, adroit Analogous words: skillful, skilled, adept, *proficient, expert, masterly 2 crafty, tricky, artful, *sly, foxy, insidious, wily, guileful Analogous words: devious, oblique, *crooked …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • cunning — [adj1] devious acute, artful, astute, cagey, canny, crafty, crazy like fox*, deep, fancy footwork*, foxy, guileful, insidious, keen, knowing, Machiavellian, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, sly boots*, smart, smarts, smooth, street… …   New thesaurus

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