trick in English

noun

1

a cunning or skillful act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone.

he's a double-dealer capable of any mean trick

synonyms: stratagem, ploy, ruse, scheme, device, maneuver, contrivance, machination, artifice, wile, dodge, deceit, deception, trickery, subterfuge, chicanery, swindle, hoax, fraud, confidence trick, con, setup, rip-off, game, scam, sting, flimflam, bunco, shift, fetch, rig

2

a peculiar or characteristic habit or mannerism.

she had a trick of clipping off certain words and phrases

3

(in bridge, whist, and similar card games) a sequence of cards forming a single round of play. One card is laid down by each player, the highest card being the winner.

Next, the players play to tricks , with the winner of each trick replacing their card with their choice of one of two exposed cards and the loser receiving the other card.

4

a prostitute's client.

He was romancing his long-term girlfriend when he was arrested for getting oral sex from the $60-a-' trick ' prostitute.

5

a sailor's turn at the helm, usually lasting for two or four hours.

Indeed, one or two tricks up the mast were carried out by the senior ERA.

verb

1

deceive or outwit (someone) by being cunning or skillful.

buyers can be tricked by savvy sellers

synonyms: deceive, delude, hoodwink, mislead, take in, dupe, fool, double-cross, cheat, defraud, swindle, gull, hoax, bamboozle, entrap, con, bilk, diddle, rook, put one over on, pull a fast one on, pull the wool over someone's eyes, take for a ride, shaft, flimflam, sucker, snooker, cozen, illude, chicane

2

sketch (a coat of arms) in outline, with the colors indicated by letters or signs.

Can you ' trick ' this representation to indicate the tinctures or colours?

adjective

1

intended or used to deceive or mystify, or to create an illusion.

a trick question

2

liable to fail; defective.

a trick knee

noun

stratagem, ploy, ruse, scheme, device, maneuver, contrivance, machination, artifice, wile, dodge, deceit, deception, trickery, subterfuge, chicanery, swindle, hoax, fraud, confidence trick, con, setup, rip-off, game, scam, sting, flimflam, bunco, shift, fetch, rig
practical joke, joke, prank, jape, spoof, gag, put-on
feat, stunt, sleight of hand, legerdemain, prestidigitation, magic
knack, art, skills, techniques, secrets, shortcuts
joke, caper, put-on, prank, antic
whoremaster, john, whoremonger
deception, conjuration, illusion, legerdemain, magic, thaumaturgy, magic trick, conjuring trick

verb

deceive, fob
deceive, delude, hoodwink, mislead, take in, dupe, fool, double-cross, cheat, defraud, swindle, gull, hoax, bamboozle, entrap, con, bilk, diddle, rook, put one over on, pull a fast one on, pull the wool over someone's eyes, take for a ride, shaft, flimflam, sucker, snooker, cozen, illude, chicane
fob, flim-flam, pull a fast one on, play tricks, play a joke on, play a trick on, fox

Use "trick" in a sentence

1. " It's a trick, it's a trick, " I said.

2. Impressive trick.

3. Parlor trick.

4. Nice trick.

5. Cute trick.

6. Con trick

7. There's no trick.

8. What's your trick?

9. Trick or treat!

10. It's a trick.

11. Trick of the trade.

12. It'll do the trick.

13. Is this a trick?

14. Classic black ops trick.

15. You can't trick me.

16. It's not a trick.

17. The trick boomeranged, though.

18. So what's the trick?

19. Yeah, rubber-band trick.

20. Any trick to this, Doyle?

21. This was a trick question.

22. This was all a trick

23. Oldest trick in the book.

24. Except for " The Cheap Trick. "

25. Yeah, the old yawning trick.

26. Is that a trick question?

27. Wanna see a magic trick?

28. Whoa, that's a neat trick.

29. Oh, the rubber-band trick.

30. That was a trick question.

31. Your trick has been opened.

32. That was a sneaky trick!

33. Don't try to trick me!

34. It was a trick question .

35. It'll do the trick, dearie.

36. Oh, boy, Dad's quarter trick.

37. This is a trick question.

38. It was a headshrinker trick.

39. The trick is finding out what.

40. It was purely a trick question.

41. We've hit upon a new trick.

42. He's pulling some sort of trick.

43. That's not a trick I seek.

44. My two favorite trick-or-treaters.

45. It was like a conjuring trick.

46. This is an incredibly diabolical trick.

47. A useful trick for working steep routes - Boinking is a little trick that all sport climbers should know

48. This investiture of the grotesqueimpossible with reality, he looked upon as a trick - a trick at best.

49. Blague translate: joke, trick, joke, lark

50. Abi, we've dropped the saw trick.