trick🔊

Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead 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 or client of a prostitute. +

(slang, vulgar) (A term of abuse.)

(Western Pennsylvania) A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.

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

(obsolete) A toy; a trifle; a plaything.

(heraldry) A representation of arms that is drawn as an outline with labels to indicate colors.

To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.

(heraldry) To draw (as contrasted with to blazon, which is to describe in words).

To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically.

To engage in prostitution or casual sex.

Involving trickery or deception.

Able to perform tricks.

Defective or unreliable.

(chiefly US, slang) Stylish or cool.