TRICK


Meaning of TRICK in English

I. noun

1.

an indirect, ingenious, and often cunning means to gain an end

used every trick in the bag to cover up the scandal

Synonyms: artifice, chouse, device, feint, gambit, gimmick, jig, maneuver, play, ploy, ||prat, ruse, shenanigan, sleight, stratagem, whizzer, wile; compare prank

Related Word: contrivance, craft, expediency; blind, bluff, diversion, dodge, dodgery, red herring; curve, deception, sham, stall; fraud, ||rort, scheme, shift, skin game

2.

Synonyms: prank , antic, caper, dido(es), frolic, lark, monkeyshine(s), shenanigan, shine(s), tomfoolery

Related Word: boutade; escapade; practical joke

3.

an ingenious or dexterous act or procedure designed to puzzle or amuse

a juggler's trick

Synonyms: feat, stunt

Related Word: accomplishment

4.

tricks plural

Synonyms: personal effects , ||plunder, stuff, things, traps

5.

Synonyms: hang , knack, swing

6.

Synonyms: habit 1, custom, habitude, manner, practice, praxis, usage, use, way, wont

7.

Synonyms: spell , bout, go, shift, stint, time, tour, turn

II. adjective

somewhat defective and inclined to function abnormally on occasion

a trick lock that doesn't always catch

Synonyms: tricky, undependable

Related Word: catchy, touchy; unreliable, untrustworthy; insecure, shaky, unstable; defective, dysfunctioning, malfunctioning

III. verb

Synonyms: dupe , bamboozle, chicane, flimflam, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, victimize

Related Word: outtrick, outtrump, outwit; have

Idioms: take (someone) for a ride

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