tricknoun [ C ]
uk/trɪk/us/trɪk/trick noun [ C ] (ACT OF DECEIVING)
B1 an action that is intended to deceive, either as a way of cheating someone, or as a joke or form of entertainment:
to be an effect caused by light, making something appear different:
what children say when they go trick-or-treating at Halloween
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- She played a dirty trick on me by telling me Diane was having a party when she wasn't.
- That was a pretty low trick to play.
- I'll show you a magic trick.
- They're plotting to play a trick on their brother.
- No one's gonna pull that kind of trick on me!
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Cheating & tricking
- a numbers game idiom
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- fleece
- gag
- honeyfuggle
- hoodwink
- impersonate
- jape
- jiggery-pokery
- ruse
- scam
- scammer
- screw
- sell sb a bill of goods idiom
- shaft
- wool
- worm
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trick noun [ C ] (METHOD)
B2 an effective or quick way of doing something:
More examples
- The trick to making custard is to keep stirring.
- He told me a few good tricks for controlling the class.
- In this article, she shares her beauty tricks with the nation.
- What's your trick for perfect pastry?
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Ways of achieving things
- a means to an end idiom
- actively
- another
- avenue
- basis
- channel
- fair
- jump
- mean
- medium
- mixed media
- modality
- modus operandi
- one way or another idiom
- one-handed
- resort
- vein
- what's the drill for sth? idiom
- whereby
- workings
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Idiom(s)
trickverb [ T ]
uk/trɪk/us/trɪk/B2 to deceive someone, often as a part of a plan:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cheating & tricking
- a numbers game idiom
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- fleece
- gag
- honeyfuggle
- hoodwink
- impersonate
- jape
- jiggery-pokery
- ruse
- scam
- scammer
- screw
- sell sb a bill of goods idiom
- shaft
- wool
- worm
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trickadjective [ before noun ]
uk/trɪk/us/trɪk/trick adjective [ before noun ] (DECEIVING)
used to deceive someone, either as a joke or form of entertainment or so that they makes a mistake:
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Sly & devious
- artful
- backdoor
- calculating
- calculation
- conniving
- conspiratorial
- cunning
- devious
- disingenuous
- fox
- foxy
- guile
- Machiavellian
- scheme
- sleight of hand
- sneaky
- tricky
- wily
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trick adjective [ before noun ] (WEAK)
US A trick part of the body, especially a joint (= place where two bones are connected), sometimes feels weak suddenly and unexpectedly:
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Problems & bones, joints & teeth
- arthritic
- arthrosis
- bruxism
- central giant cell granuloma
- chondrosarcoma
- chordoma
- fracture
- gout
- impacted
- osteoarthritis
- put sth out 1
- repetitive strain injury
- rheumatology
- root canal
- RSI
- slipped disc
- teeth grinding
- temporomandibular joint disorder
- toothache
- trigger finger
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