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trick     (trĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
  6. A feat of magic or legerdemain.
  7. A difficult, dexterous, or clever act designed to amuse.
  8. 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.
  10. Slang
    1. An act of prostitution.
    2. A prostitute's customer.
    3. A session carried out by a prostitute with a client.
  11. 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 trick To 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 trick To 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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