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Definition of Fast one
1. Noun. A cunning or deceitful action or device. "He pulled a fast one and got away with it"
Exact synonyms: Trick
Generic synonyms: Device, Gimmick, Twist
Specialized synonyms: Schtick, Schtik, Shtick, Shtik
Derivative terms: Trick, Trickster, Tricksy, Tricky
Generic synonyms: Device, Gimmick, Twist
Specialized synonyms: Schtick, Schtik, Shtick, Shtik
Derivative terms: Trick, Trickster, Tricksy, Tricky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fast One
Literary usage of Fast one
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Illustrated Magazine (1890)
"No ball can be punished so easily as the short fast one on a good wicket. All good
bowlers indulge in an occasional fast one ; but that is a different thing ..."
2. Origines Ecclesiasticæ: The Antiquities of the Christian Church. With Two by Joseph Bingham (1856)
"For some thought they ought to fast one day, others two, ... copy read it thus :
Some fast one day, some two, some more, some forty days. ..."
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