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