Definition of ruses:
(n) :
(countable, by extension) An action intended to deceive; a trick.
(n) :
(uncountable) Cunning, guile, trickery.
(v) :
(intransitive) To deceive or trick using a ruse.
(n) :
(countable, often hunting, archaic, rare) A turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs.
(v) :
(intransitive, hunting, archaic, rare) Of an animal: to turn or double back to elude hunters or their hunting dogs.
(n) :
A suburb of Sydney in the Campbelltown council area, New South Wales, Australia.