Put-on

Definition: Put-on

Put-on

Noun

1. A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way.

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

3. A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement.

Synonyms: Put-on

Synonyms: antic (n), burlesque (n), caper (n), charade (n), dupery (n), fraud (n), fraudulence (n), hoax (n), humbug (n), joke (n), lampoon (n), mockery (n), parody (n), pasquinade (n), prank (n), sendup (n), spoof (n), takeoff (n), travesty (n), trick (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Put-on

English words defined with "put-on": assumed ♦ false, fictitious, fictive ♦ pretended, put on ♦ sham. (references)

"Put-on" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Put-on" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	66.67%	2	245,945
Adjective (general or positive)	33.33%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	3	N/A

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "put-on": well-put-on.
	Containing "put-on": hiding-by-staying-put-on-the-nest.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "put-on"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		投入在 (put-upon). (various references)

Korean		두 에 (put-upon). (various references)

Pig Latin		ut-onpay

Russian		мнимый (alleged, imaginary, mock, ostensible, professed, putative, seeming, self-styled, supposed, would be). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Put-on" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Pulton, Punton, puto, putton. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: punto, puton.
	Words within the letters "n-o-p-t-u"
	-1 letter: pout, punt, unto, upon.
	-2 letters: not, nut, opt, out, pot, pun, put, ton, top, tun, tup, upo.
	-3 letters: no, nu, on, op, to, un, up, ut.
	Words containing the letters "n-o-p-t-u"
	+1 letter: pluton, puntos, putons, unstop, uptorn, uptown.
	+2 letters: opulent, opuntia, outplan, outspan, pantoum, plutons, pouting, putdown, spinout, sunspot, unstops, upfront, uptowns, utopian.
	+3 letters: eruption, gumption, gunpoint, hornpout, nontrump, occupant, opuntias, outpaint, outplans, outpoint, outpreen, outpunch, outspans, outspend, outspent, pantoums, pleuston, plutonic, postburn, printout, pronotum, punition, punitory, pupation, putdowns, spinouts, spouting, sunspots, trapunto, trouping, unpoetic, unpolite, unposted, unpotted, unspoilt, upthrown, uptowner, utopians.
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Put-on

Definition: Put-on

Put-on

Noun

Synonyms: Put-on

Crosswords: Put-on

Usage Frequency: Put-on

Expressions: Put-on

Modern Translation: Put-on

Chinese

Korean

Pig Latin

Russian

Misspellings: Put-on

Misspellings

Anagrams: Put-on

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