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trick

Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪk/

The English word “trick” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

  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. A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait.
  7. A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
  8. A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
  9. A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.
  10. A customer or client of a prostitute.
  11. A term of abuse.
  12. A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
  13. A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
  14. A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
  15. A representation of arms that is drawn as an outline with labels to indicate colors.

verb

  1. To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.
  2. To draw (as contrasted with to blazon, which is to describe in words).
  3. To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out.
  4. To engage in prostitution or casual sex.

adjective

  1. Involving trickery or deception.

Etymology

From Middle English trikke, from Old Northern French trique (related to Old French trichier (“to defraud, act dishonestly, conceal, deceive, cheat”); > modern French tricher), itself possibly from Middle High German trechen (“to launch a shot at, play a trick on”), or one of its derivatives (e.g. Middle High German ūftrechen (“to do something to someone, hurt someone”), vertrechen (“to conceal,…

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