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not miss a trick

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trick   (trĭk)   
n.  
  1. An act or procedure intended to achieve an end by deceptive or fraudulent means. See Synonyms at wile.

  2. A mischievous action; a prank.

  3. A stupid, disgraceful, or childish act or performance.

    1. A peculiar trait or characteristic; a mannerism: "Mimicry is the trick by which a moth or other defenseless insect comes to look like a wasp" (Marston Bates).

    2. A peculiar event with unexpected, often deceptive results: "One of history's cruelest tricks is to take words that sounded good at the time and make them sound pretty stupid" (David Owen).

    3. A deceptive or illusive appearance; an illusion: a trick of sunlight.

    4. A special skill; a knack: Is there a trick to getting this window to stay up?

    5. A convention or specialized skill peculiar to a particular field of activity: learned the tricks of the winemaking trade.

    6. All the cards played in a single round, one from each player.

    7. One such round.

    8. A period or turn of duty, as at the helm of a ship.

    9. Slang A prison term.

    10. An act of prostitution.

    11. A prostitute's customer.

    12. A session carried out by a prostitute with a client.

    1. A special skill; a knack: Is there a trick to getting this window to stay up?

    2. A convention or specialized skill peculiar to a particular field of activity: learned the tricks of the winemaking trade.

    3. All the cards played in a single round, one from each player.

    4. One such round.

    5. A period or turn of duty, as at the helm of a ship.

    6. Slang A prison term.

    7. An act of prostitution.

    8. A prostitute's customer.

    9. A session carried out by a prostitute with a client.

  4. A feat of magic or legerdemain.

  5. A difficult, dexterous, or clever act designed to amuse.

  6. Games

    1. All the cards played in a single round, one from each player.

    2. One such round.

    3. A period or turn of duty, as at the helm of a ship.

    4. Slang A prison term.

    5. An act of prostitution.

    6. A prostitute's customer.

    7. A session carried out by a prostitute with a client.

    1. A period or turn of duty, as at the helm of a ship.

    2. Slang A prison term.

    3. An act of prostitution.

    4. A prostitute's customer.

    5. A session carried out by a prostitute with a client.

  7. Slang

    1. An act of prostitution.

    2. A prostitute's customer.

    3. A session carried out by a prostitute with a client.

  8. Slang A robbery or theft.

tr. & intr.v.   tricked, trick·ing, tricks
To cheat or deceive or to practice trickery or deception.
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or involving tricks.

  2. Capable of performing tricks: a trick dog.

  3. Designed or made for doing a trick or tricks: trick cards; trick dice.

  4. Weak, defective, or liable to fail: a trick knee.

Phrasal Verb(s):
trick out/up Informal To ornament or adorn, often garishly: was all tricked out in beads and fringe.

Idiom(s):
do/turn the trickTo bring about the desired result.

Idiom(s):
how's tricks Informal Used to make a friendly inquiry about a person or that person's affairs.

Idiom(s):
not miss a trickTo be extremely alert: The teacher was known for not missing a trick.

[Middle English trik, from Old North French trique, from trikier, to deceive, probably from Vulgar Latin *triccāre, from Latin trīcārī, to play tricks, from trīcae, tricks.]
trick'er n.
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Idioms & Phrases

not miss a trick

Also, never miss a trick; not miss much. Not fail to be aware of what is going on. For example, When it comes to the commodities market, Mark never misses a trick, or Dad may seem absentminded, but he doesn't miss much. The first phrase dates from the early 1900s; the variant employs miss in the sense of "fail to perceive," a usage dating from the late 1600s.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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