An old American regional expression for a trick, caper, or playful stunt — the kind of mischievous move someone pulls to get a laugh or impress a crowd. A carlacue has that energetic, showy quality of a flourish done just for the fun of it. Though rarely heard today, it pops up in old American folk literature and dialect writing as a vivid way to describe someone's antics or clever shenanigans. The word has a bouncy, almost vaudevillian sound that suits its meaning perfectly.
He pulled some carlacue at the talent show that had the whole gymnasium in stitches.
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(US) A trick or caper.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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