TRICK

trick, fast one

(noun) a cunning or deceitful action or device; “he played a trick on me”; “he pulled a fast one and got away with it”

antic, joke, prank, trick, caper, put-on

(noun) a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

trick

(noun) an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent; “that offer was a dirty trick”

trick

(noun) (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner

whoremaster, whoremonger, john, trick

(noun) a prostitute’s customer

trick

(noun) a period of work or duty

trick, play a joke on, play tricks, flim-flam, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on

(verb) deceive somebody; “We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

trick (plural tricks)

Something designed to fool or swindle.

A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.

An entertaining difficult physical action.

An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.

Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.

(dated) A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait.

A knot, braid, or plait of hair.

(card games) A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.

(slang) A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.

(slang) A customer to a prostitute.

A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.

(nautical) A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.

A toy; a trifle; a plaything.

Synonyms

• (something designed to fool): artifice, con, gambit, ploy, rip-off, See also deception

• (magic trick): illusion, magic trick, sleight of hand

• (customer to a prostitute): john, see also prostitute's client

• (entertaining difficult physical action)

• (daily period of work): shift

Verb

trick (third-person singular simple present tricks, present participle tricking, simple past and past participle tricked)

(transitive) To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.

(heraldry) To draw (as opposed to blazon - to describe in words).

To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out.

Synonyms

• (to fool): con, dupe, fool, gull, have, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, rip off

• (to trick out): mod

• See also deceive

Adjective

trick (comparative tricker, superlative trickest)

(slang) Stylish or cool.

Source: Wiktionary

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Trick, n. Etym: [D. trek a pull, or drawing, a trick, trekken to draw; akin to LG. trekken, MHG. trecken, trechen, Dan. trække, and OFries. trekka. Cf. Track, Trachery, Trig, a., Trigger.]

1. An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade. tricks of the trade mean simply specialized knowledge, in a good or neutral sense. He comes to me for counsel, and I show him a trick. South. I know a trick worth two of that. Shak.

2. A sly, dexterous, or ingenious procedure fitted to puzzle or amuse; as, a bear's tricks; a juggler's tricks.

3. Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank; as, the tricks of boys. Prior.

4. A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as, a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning. The trick of that voice I do well remember. Shak. He hath a trick of Coeur de Lion's face. Shak.

5. A knot, braid, or plait of hair. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

6. (Card Playing)

Definition: The whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players. On one nice trick depends the general fate. Pope.

7. (Naut.)

Definition: A turn; specifically, the spell of a sailor at the helm, -- usually two hours.

8. A toy; a trifle; a plaything. [Obs.] Shak.

Syn.

– Stratagem; wile; fraud; cheat; juggle; finesse; sleight; deception; imposture; delusion; imposition.

Trick, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tricked; p. pr. & vb. n. Tricking.]

1. To deceive by cunning or artifice; to impose on; to defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse.

2. To dress; to decorate; to set off; to adorn fantastically; -- often followed by up, off, or out. " Trick her off in air." Pope. People lavish it profusely in tricking up their children in fine clothes, and yet starve their minds. Locke. They are simple, but majestic, records of the feelings of the poet; as little tricked out for the public eye as his diary would have been. Macaulay.

3. To draw in outline, as with a pen; to delineate or distinguish without color, as arms, etc., in heraldry. They forget that they are in the statutes: . . . there they are tricked, they and their pedigrees. B. Jonson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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