engineer vs put one over

engineer

verb
  • To formulate plots or schemes; to plot, to scheme. 

  • To use genetic engineering to alter or construct (a DNA sequence), or to alter (an organism). 

  • To work as an engineer. 

  • To employ one's abilities and knowledge as an engineer to design, construct, and/or maintain (something, such as a machine or a structure), usually for industrial or public use. 

  • To plan or achieve (a goal) by contrivance or guile; to finagle, to wangle. 

noun
  • A person who drives or operates a locomotive; a train driver. 

  • A person professionally engaged in the technical design and construction of large-scale private and public works such as bridges, buildings, harbours, railways, roads, etc.; a civil engineer. 

  • A person who formulates plots or schemes; a plotter, a schemer. 

  • A person who drives or operates a fire engine. 

  • Preceded by a qualifying word: a person who uses abilities or knowledge to manipulate events or people. 

  • A soldier engaged in designing or constructing military works for attack or defence, or other engineering works. 

  • Originally, a person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; now (more generally), a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so. 

  • A person who operates a steam engine; specifically (nautical), a person employed to operate the steam engine in the engine room of a ship. 

put one over

verb
  • To fool, trick, or deceive. 

  • To succeed in a deception. 

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