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Trick   /trɪk/   Listen
Trick

noun
1.
A cunning or deceitful action or device.  Synonym: fast one.  "He pulled a fast one and got away with it"
2.
A period of work or duty.
3.
An attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent.
4.
A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement.  Synonyms: antic, caper, joke, prank, put-on.
5.
An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers.  Synonyms: conjuration, conjuring trick, deception, illusion, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy.
6.
A prostitute's customer.  Synonyms: john, whoremaster, whoremonger.
7.
(card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner.
verb
(past & past part. tricked; pres. part. tricking)
1.
Deceive somebody.  Synonyms: flim-flam, fob, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on.



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"Trick" Quotes from Famous Books



... in height, very deep-chested, and with long powerful arms and hands. There was no denying, however, that at the first glance he was an ugly man; he was marked with small-pox, had large features, high cheekbones, deeply set eyes, and a very long chin; and had got the trick which many underhung men have of compressing his upper lip. Nevertheless, there was that in his face which hit Tom's fancy, and made him anxious to know his rescuer better. He had an instinct that good was to be gotten out of him. So he was very glad when ...
— Tom Brown at Oxford • Thomas Hughes
... does not proceed a bit," said Florence; "I cannot master it. I am not a heroine, and how can I write about one? I think it was a very shabby trick on the part of Sir John Wallis to set us such ...
— A Bunch of Cherries - A Story of Cherry Court School • L. T. Meade
... a trick, like riding a horse. And I think that I've learned the trick. I've caught it from you and ...
— The Night Horseman • Max Brand
... said the Lieutenant, "to introduce to Your Highness Natalie Ketschko, my affianced wife." Milan's face flushed with surprise and anger at the words. What was this trick that had been played on him? Had Konstantinovitch then brought him here only to humiliate him? But before he could recover from his indignation and astonishment, the Princess said chillingly, "Pardon me, Monsieur Konstantinovitch, you are ...
— Love affairs of the Courts of Europe • Thornton Hall
... that hasn't. Myrtle knows. It's no trick to knock over a peaceful pedestrian or so, to say nothing of chickens, cats and dogs mangled by the roadside. I confidently expect he'll make a pancake of dear little Mumbles before he's five miles on ...
— Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John • Edith Van Dyne


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