Trick

/ˈtɹɪk/ · noun

Meaning

Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle..

Definitions by Sense

1. Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
2. A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
3. An entertaining difficult physical action.
4. An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
5. Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
6. (dated) A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait.
7. A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
8. (card games) A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.

Example Sentences

It was just a trick to say that the house was underpriced.

He played a trick on his sister as April Fool's Day.

And for my next trick, I will pull a wombat out of a duffel bag.

That's a nice skateboard, but can you do any tricks on it?

Yo-yo tricks involving sleeping the yo-yo (like "walking the dog" and "rocking the baby") cannot be performed in space.

tricks of the trade; what's the trick of getting this chair to fold up?

Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.

the tricks of boys

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Word Forms

• tricks
• tricking
• tricked
• tricker
• trickest

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