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- Dictionarybunco/ˈbʌŋkəʊ/
noun
- 1. a swindle or confidence trick: "a bunco artist"
verb
- 1. swindle or cheat: dated "he didn't propose to be buncoed without a fight"
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noun. bun· co ˈbəŋ- (ˌ)kō. variants or bunko. plural buncos or bunkos. Synonyms of bunco. : a swindling game or scheme. bunco transitive verb. Synonyms. con. fiddle [ chiefly British] flimflam. fraud. hustle. scam. shell game. sting. swindle. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of bunco in a Sentence.
Bunco (also spelled bunko or bonko or buncko) is a dice game with twelve or more players, divided into groups of four, trying to score points while taking turns rolling three dice in a series of six rounds. A bunco is achieved when a person rolls three-of-a-kind and all three numbers match the round number which is decided at the beginning of ...
noun. a swindle, esp one by confidence tricksters. verb. tr to swindle; cheat. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of bunco 1. C19: perhaps from Spanish banca bank (in gambling), from Italian banca bank 1. Discover More. Example Sentences.
noun. (offensive) a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property. synonyms: bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, sting. see more. verb. (offensive) deprive of by deceit.
1. Informal. a swindle, esp. at a card game or lottery; confidence game. verb transitive Word forms: ˈbuncoed or ˈbuncoing. 2. Informal. to swindle; cheat. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
(ˈbʌŋ koʊ) n., pl. -kos or -cos, n. 1. a swindle in which a person is cheated at gambling, persuaded to buy a nonexistent or worthless object, or otherwise victimized. v.t. 2. to victimize by a bunko. [1880–85; shortened form of bunkum; compare -o]
Jun 2, 2024 · bunco (countable and uncountable, plural buncos or buncoes) (US, slang) A swindle or confidence trick. (uncountable) A parlour game played in teams with three dice, originating in England but popular among suburban women in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century. A brigand.
