frustrate vs sandbag

frustrate

verb
  • To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired. 

  • To cause stress or annoyance. 

  • To hinder or thwart. 

adj
  • ineffectual; useless; fruitless. 

sandbag

verb
  • To deceive someone by pretending to be weak, or (card games) by pretending to have a weak hand. 

  • To strike someone with a sandbag or other object to disable or render unconscious. 

  • To construct a barrier of sandbags around. 

  • To pretend to drink early on so that, as the night draws on, one can drink everybody else "under the table". 

  • To conceal or misrepresent one's true position, potential, or intent in order to gain an advantage. 

noun
  • A sturdy sack filled with sand, generally used in large numbers to make defensive walls against flooding, bullets, or shrapnel. 

  • An engraver's leather cushion, etc. 

  • A small bag filled with sand and used as a cudgel. 

  • A deceptive play whereby a player with a strong hand bets weakly or passively. 

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