trick
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Definitions oftrick
- Something designed to fool or swindle.
Example: "It was just a trick to say that the house was underpriced."
- A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
Example: "And for my next trick, I will pull a wombat out of a duffel bag."
- An entertaining difficult physical action.
Example: "That's a nice skateboard, but can you do any tricks on it?"
- An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
Example: "tricks of the trade; what's the trick of getting this chair to fold up?"
- Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
Example: "the tricks of boys"
- A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait.
Example: "a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning"
- A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
- A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
Example: "I was able to take the second trick with the queen of hearts."
- A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.
- A customer to a prostitute.
Example: "As the businessman rounded the corner, she thought, "Here comes another trick.""
- A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
- A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
- A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
- To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.
Example: "You tried to trick me when you said that house was underpriced."
- To draw (as opposed to blazon - to describe in words).
- To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out.
- Involving trickery or deception.
Example: "trick photography"
- Able to perform tricks.
Example: "A trick pony"
- Defective or unreliable.
Example: "a trick knee"
- Stylish or cool.
Example: "Wow, your new sportscar is so trick."
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