fusku

From fuskata (“to cheat”) +‎ -u.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfusku/, [ˈfus̠ku]
• Rhymes: -usku
• Syllabification^(key): fus‧ku

fusku

1. jive (deceptive talk)
2. (dance) single swing, single-time swing (type of dance derived from jive)
3. A card game for four or more players in which cheating plays a central role. A player hands five cards face down to the player on his/her left and claims a poker hand. If next player believes in the claim he picks up the cards, changes any number of new cards from the deck and claims a better hand to the next player. The round ends when a player does not believe in the claim presented to him and flips the cards over. If the hand is equal or better than the claim, the claimant gets a point, otherwise the doubter gets a point.

• (deceptive talk): vale, lööperi, fuula
• (dance): lava-jive

• “fusku”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

fusku

1. drunk
2. tipsy

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN