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trick  (trk)

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.

4.

a. 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.

b. 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.

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

5.

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

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

6. A feat of magic or legerdemain.

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

8. Games

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

b. One such round.

9.

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

b. Slang A prison term.

10. Slang

a. An act of prostitution.

b. A prostitute's customer.

c. 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:

trick out Informal /up

To ornament or adorn, often garishly: was all tricked out in beads and fringe.

Idioms:

do/turn the trick

To bring about the desired result.

how's tricks Informal

Used to make a friendly inquiry about a person or that person's affairs.

not miss a trick

To be extremely alert: The teacher was known for not missing a trick.

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[Middle English trik, from Old North French trique, from trikier, to deceive, probably from Vulgar Latin *triccre, from Latin trcr, to play tricks, from trcae, tricks.]

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tricker n.

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trick

Noun

1. a deceitful or cunning action or plan: she was willing to use any dirty trick to get what she wanted

2. a joke or prank: he loves playing tricks on his sister

3. a clever way of doing something, learned from experience: an old campers' trick is to use three thin blankets rather than one thick one

4. an illusory or magical feat or device

5. a simple feat learned by an animal or person

6. a deceptive illusion: a trick of the light

7. a habit or mannerism: she had a trick of saying `oh dear'

8. Cards a batch of cards played in turn and won by the person playing the highest card

9. do the trick Informal to produce the desired result

10. how's tricks? Slang how are you?

Verb

to defraud, deceive, or cheat (someone) [Old French trique]

trickery n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	trick - a cunning or deceitful action or device; "he played a trick on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it" fast one device, gimmick, twist - any clever maneuver; "he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen" schtick, schtik, shtick, shtik - (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating; "how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?"
	2.	trick - a period of work or duty             duty period, work shift, shift - the time period during which you are at work
	3.	trick - an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent; "that offer was a dirty trick" knavery, dishonesty - lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
	4.	trick - a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement antic, prank, put-on, joke, caper diversion, recreation - an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" dirty trick - an unkind or aggressive trick practical joke - a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish)
	5.	trick - an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers conjuring trick, legerdemain, magic trick, thaumaturgy, magic, deception, conjuration, illusion performance - the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment; "we congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal"; "an inspired performance of Mozart's C minor concerto" card trick - a trick performed with playing cards prestidigitation, sleight of hand - manual dexterity in the execution of tricks
	6.	trick - a prostitute's customer whoremaster, whoremonger, john customer, client - someone who pays for goods or services
	7.	trick - (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner turn, play - (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play" card game, cards - a game played with playing cards
Verb	1.	trick - deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week" flim-flam, fob, fox, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, play a joke on cozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest with snooker - fool or dupe; "He was snookered by the con-man's smooth talk"

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trick

noun 1. joke, put-on (slang) gag (informal) stunt, spoof (informal) caper, prank, frolic, practical joke, antic, jape, leg-pull Brit. (informal) cantrip Scot.

noun 2. deception, trap, fraud, con (slang) sting (informal) manoeuvre, dodge, ploy, scam (slang) imposition, gimmick, device, hoax, deceit, swindle, ruse, artifice, subterfuge, canard, feint, stratagem, wile, imposture, fastie Austral. (slang)

noun 3. sleight of hand, device, feat, stunt, juggle, legerdemain

noun 4. secret, skill, device, knack, art, hang (informal) technique, know-how (informal) gift, command, craft, expertise

noun 5. mannerism, habit, characteristic, trait, quirk, peculiarity, foible, idiosyncrasy, practice, crotchet

verb 6. deceive, trap, have someone on, take someone in (informal) fool, cheat, con (informal) kid (informal) stiff (slang) sting (informal) mislead, hoax, defraud, dupe, gull (archaic) delude, swindle, impose upon, bamboozle (informal) hoodwink, put one over on (informal) pull the wool over someone's eyes, pull a fast one on (informal) do the trick (Informal) work, fit the bill, have effect, achieve the desired result, produce the desired result, take care of the problem, be effective or effectual, do the business (informal)

Translations

trick [trɪk] n → trampa (= conjuring trick, deceit); truco (= joke); broma;

(CARDS) → baza

vt → engañar;

it's a trick of the light → es una ilusión óptica;

to play a trick on sb → gastar una broma a algn;

that should do the trick → eso servirá;

to trick sb out of sth → quitarle algo a algn con engaños;

to trick sb into doing sth → hacer que algn haga algo con engaños

trick [trɪk] n (magic) → tour m (= joke, prank); tour, farce f (= skill, knack); astuce f;

(Cards) → levée f

vt → attraper, rouler;

to play a trick on sb → jouer un tour à qn;

to trick sb into doing sth → persuader qn par la ruse de faire qch;

to trick sb out of sth → obtenir qch de qn par la ruse;

it's a trick of the light → c'est une illusion d'optique causée par la lumière;

that should do the trick (fam) → ça devrait faire l'affaire

trick [trɪk] n → Trick m;

(Cards) → Stich m

vt → hereinlegen;

to play a trick on sb → jdm einen Streich spielen;

it's a trick of the light → das Licht täuscht;

that should do the trick → das müsste hinhauen;

to trick sb into doing sth → jdn (mit einem Trick) dazu bringen, etw zu tun;

to trick sb out of sth → jdn um etw prellen

trick [trɪk] n → trucco (= clever act); stratagemma m (= joke); tiro;

(CARDS) → presa

vt → imbrogliare, ingannare;

to play a trick on sb → giocare un tiro a qn;

it's a trick of the light → è un effetto ottico;

that should do the trick (col) → vedrai che funziona;

to trick sb into doing sth → convincere qn a fare qc con l'inganno;

to trick sb out of sth → fregare qc a qn

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trick

n trick [trik]

1 something which is done, said etc in order to cheat or deceive someone, and sometimes to frighten them or make them appear stupid The message was just a trick to get her to leave the room.truuk, misleidingحيلَهхитростlesttrickder Trickκόλπο, τέχνασμαtruco, trampa, engañokavalus, knihvحیله؛ کلکjuoniruse, tourתַּכסִיסट्रिकlukavština, smicalicatrükk; tréfatipuanbragð, brellatrucco, stratagemmaたくらみ속임수gudrybėviltība; jokspenipuanstreekknep, triks, kjeltringstrekpodstępşiretlic, trucуловка; трюкlesťzvijačatrikknep, listเล่ห์เหลี่ยมoyun, numara, şeytanlık詭計хитрість, обманمکر، چالsự lừa dối诡计

2 a clever or skilful action (to amuse etc) The magician performed some clever tricks.toertjieشَعْوَذَه، خُدْعَه تَعْتَمِد على خِفَّة اليَدфокусtriktrickder Trickκόλπο, ταχυδαχτυλουργίαtrucotrikkتردستیtempputourתַּעֲתוּעशरारतvarka, trikmutatványsulaptöfrabragðtrucco芸当마술, 요술pokštas, triukastriksmuslihattructryllekunst, kunststykkesztuczkasca­ma­torieфокусtriktriktriktrickมายากลoyun, hokkabazlık, numara把戲，戲法фокус, трюкکرتبảo thuật把戏，戏法

adj

intended to deceive or give a certain illusion trick photography.truukحيلةٌ تَصْويرِيَّهизмаменtrikovýtrick-Trick-...παραπλανητικόςtrucadokunst-, konksugaفریب آمیزtrikki-truquéמתַּעֲתֵעधोखा देनाlažantrükk-tipuansjónhverfingtruccato仕掛けのある착각을 일으키게 하는, 속이는apgaulingaskombinētais kadrspenuh muslihatkunst{#169}jukse-, lure-trickowytrucatвыполняемый с использованием трюковtrikovýzavajajočvarljivtrick-ซึ่งวางแผนว่าจะหลอกลวงหรือแสดงความเช้าใจผิดaldatıcı特技的，花巧的обманливий; комбінованийپرفريبảo特技的，花巧的

n ˈtrickery

the act of deceiving or cheating She could not stand his trickery.misleidingخِداع، إحْتِيال، حيلَهмошеничествоpodváděnísnyderidie Gaunereiαπάτη, ζαβολιάengaño, supercheríatüssamineدغلکاریjujutustromperieרַמַאוּתचालबाजी, धोखेबाजीvaranjecsaláspenipuanbrögð, sviksemifrode, ingannoごまかし속임수apgaulė, gudrybėviltība; nekrietnībapenipuanbedroglureri, juks(ing), svindeloszustwoînşelătorieобманpodvádzaniegoljufijavaranjebedrägeriกลอุบายhile, hilekârlık, üç kâğıtçılık詭計，圈套шахрайство, хитрістьفريبsự lừa dối诡计，圈套

n ˈtrickster

a cheater. misleierمُحْتال، مُخادِعмошеникpodvodník, -icesnyderder/die Gauner(in)απατεώναςestafador, timadorpetisحیله گرhuijaritricheur/-euseרַמַאיधोखेबाजvaralicacsalópenipubragðarefurimbroglioneぺてん師협잡꾼apgavikasviltnieks; krāpniekspenipuoplichtersvindleroszustşarlatanобманщик;ловкачpodvodník, -čkasleparprevarantskojare, bedragareการหลอกลวงdüzenbaz, hilekâr騙子ошуканець, шахрайفريبيkẻ lừa dối骗子

adj ˈtricky

difficult a tricky problem/job; a tricky person to deal with.moeilikمَكّار، حَيّال، مُخادِعтруденobtížný, komplikovanývanskelig; snukniffligδύσκολοςdifícil, complicado, espinosokeerulineدشوارkonstikasdifficileמְסוּבַּךचालाकtežak, zahtjevanbonyolult; cselessulitvíðsjáll, erfiður viðfangsdifficile扱いにくい까다로운keblus, sunkusgrūts; sarežģītsrumitlastigkinkig, innviklettrudnydificilсложный; мудрёныйťažký, zložitýkočljivnezgodanknepig, krångligยากzor, güç困難的，狡猾的складний; заплутанийمشکلkhó khăn困难的，狡猾的

adv ˈtrickily

moeilikباحْتِيال، بِخِداعтрудноsložitěvanskeligtkniffligδύσκολαdifícilmente, complicadamente, espinosamentekeeruliseltبطور فریب آمیزkiperästidifficilementבְּעַרמוּמִיוּתचालाकी सेvaravofurfangosanpenuh kesulitanerfiðlegadifficilmente扱いにくく까다롭게gudriai, suktai, sunkiaiviltīgi; izgudrēmrumitlastigsnedig, innviklettrudnoşmecherieловкоzložitozvitonezgodnoknepigt, krångligtอย่างมีเล่ห์เหลี่ยมhileli şekilde, düzenbazlıkla狡猾地складно; заплутаноچال بازي سےlừa dối狡猾地

n ˈtrickiness

moeilikheidإحْتِيال، خِداعтрудностlstivost; složitostvanskeligheddie Kniffligkeitδυσκολίαdificultad, complicaciónkeerukusفریبکاریkonstikkuusdifficultéעַרמוּמִיוּתजटिलतापनvaravostfortélyosság, ravaszságkesulitanerfiðleikardifficoltà扱いにくさ다루기 어려움gudrumas, suktumasviltība; blēdībakerumitanlastigheidsnedighet; sluhetzawiłośćcaracter înşelătorумение обвести вокруг пальцаľstivosť; zložitosťzapletenost, varljivostnezgodnostbedräglighet, krånglighetการหลอกลวงhilekârlık花招складність; заплутаністьچال بازيsự lừa dối花招

n ˈtrick question

a question that is likely to mislead a person. strikvraagسُؤال مُضَلِّلподвеждащ въпросzáludná otázka, chytáksnydespørgsmåldie Fangfrageερώτηση παγίδαpega, pregunta capciosanipiga küsimusسئوال انحرافیquestion piègeשְׁאֵלָת מַכשִילָהगुमराह करने वाला सवालtrik pitanjebeugrató kérdéspertanyaan yang menyesatkansaltafosso（人を）ひっかける質問suktas klausimasviltīgs/maldinošs jautājumssoalan penuh muslihatmisleidende vraaglurespørsmålкаверзный вопросzáludná otázkazvito vprašanjetrik pitanjevilseledande frågaปัญหาที่ดูเหมือนว่าจะชักนำคนไปในทางที่ผิดaldatıcı soru偏題каверзне питанняگمراہ کن سوالcâu hỏi khó偏题

do the trick

to do or be what is necessary I need a piece of paper. This old envelope will do the trick!voldoende weesيَفي بالغَرَضсвършвам работаsplnit svůj účelklare sagenden Zweck erfüllenείμαι κατάλληλος για κτ., κάνω τη δουλειάaviar, apañar, servir, funcionarkäib küllموثر بودن؛ به نتیجه مطلوب رسیدنkäydä jostakin, tehdä tehtävänsäfaire l'affaireיְבַצֵע אֶת הַמלַאֲכָהअपना उद्देश्य पूरा करनाposlužiti, postići ciljez megteszimemenuhi kebutuhanduga, nægjafarcela; funzionare間に合う도움이 되다tikti, pavykti padarytiizdarīt, kas darāms; paveikt atlikušojadilahwerkengjøre nytten, dugespełnić swoje zadaniea avea efectul scontatсделать своё дело; в точности подходитьsplniť svoj účelustrezatiposlužitigöra susen, duga fintทำสิ่งที่ต้องทำได้ (คำไม่เป็นทางการ)iş görmek達到預期的目的годитисяکام کرجاناlàm gì cần thiết达到预期的目的

play a trick / tricks on

to do something which is amusing to oneself because it deceives or frightens (someone else), or makes them appear stupid He played a trick on her by jumping out from behind a wall as she passed.fopيَغُشُّ فُلانا، يَحْتالправя номерvystřelit si zlave sjov med(jemandem)einen Streich spielenκάνω φάρσαgastar una bromatembutama, koerust tegemaشیرین کاری کردن؛ کار بامزه و سرگرم کننده کردنtehdä kepponenjouer un tourלְשַטוֹת בְּ-ऐसा मजाक करना जिससे दूसरा परेशान हो जाएnasamariti, našaliti se s kimmegtréfál vkitmembodohi, memperdayakangabba, plata(fare uno scherzo)いたずらをする...에게 장난을 치다iškrėsti (kam) pokštą, apgauti (ką)izspēlēt joku (ar kādu); izjokotmenakut-nakutkankattekwaad uithalenlure, spille et pussrobić kawała juca o festăподшучивать, пугая или одурачиваяvystreliť si zzagosti jo komuizvoditi trikovespela ngn ett spratt, skoja med ngnหลอกเล่นoyun oynamak捉弄某人пожартувати надکھيل کرنا، تماشہ کرناdọa ai, gạt ai捉弄某人

a trick of the trade

one of the ways of being successful in a job etc Remembering the customers' names is one of the tricks of the trade.handelsgeheimسِر المَهْنَهпохватobchodnický triken af fidusernedie Berufslistκόλπο του επαγγέλματοςtruco del oficionõks, kavalusترفند موفقیت در کارkonsti, menestyksen salaisuusficelle du métierתַּחבּולוֹת הַמִקצוֹעַकारोबार में कामयाबी का नुस्खाposlovna smicalica, doskočicaa szakma fortélyataktikfagkunnátta(trucco del mestiere)仕事のこつ비법, 요령amato paslaptisamata noslēpumsmuslihatde knepen van het vakforretningsknepsekret zawodowysecret al meserieiмаленькая хитростьobchodnícky trikposlovna zvijačazanatska cakayrkesknepหนึ่งในเส้นทางแห่งความสำเร็จในการทำงานbir işte başarılı olmanın yöntemlerinden biri作生意的竅門секрети майстерностіکسي کام ميں کام ياب پونے کا گرbí quyết thành công trong kinh doanh作生意的窍门

trick or treat!

an expression used by children on Halloween to ``threaten'' people that they will do annoying tricks if they do not get sweets or small presents. trick or treatتَعبير يَسْتَعْمِلُه الأولاد في عيد الهالوين ليُهَدِّدوا باسْتِعْمال الحِيَل إذا لم يَحْصَلوا على هدايا``номер или лакомство'' - фраза, употребявана на Вси Светииvýraz používaný dětmi o Halloweenunoget i retning af: ``hvis vi ingen boller får, så laver vi ballade''Gib´ uns Süsses, sonst gibt´s Saueres.κόλπο ή κέρασμα (έκφραση που χρησιμοποιείται στη γιορτή των Αγίων Πάντων)frase que pronuncian los niños en Halloween cuando van pidiendo por las casastrikk või komm!جمله ای که بچه ها در جشن هالووین به بزرگتر ها می گویند تا از آنها شکلات یا هدیه بگیرندLe soir d'Halloween, pendant une période d'environ 3 heures, les enfants Américains courent de maison en maison pour amasser le plus dמִנהַג בְּחַג הָהוֹדָיָה- לְבַקֵש מַמתָקִיםहैलोवीन डे पर छोटे तोहफे के लिए ट्रिक करनाriječi kojima maskirana djeca traže darove od vrata do vrata na Noć vještica (”Maškare!”)„kapunk vagy kaptok!” (enyhe fenyegetés)“Kasih hadiah atau dirusak!” (ungkapan anak-anak minta hadiah pada 31 Oktober)(dolcetto o scherzetto)jei neduosi, bus blogai!Joku vai cienastu!bagi hadiah atau kami kacausnoepjes of anders gaan we u foppengi oss noe eller så skal du få!okrzyk używany podczas tradycyjnej zabawy w czasie wigilii Wszystkich Świętychкошелёк или жизньvýraz, ktorý používajú deti pri pochôdzkach v prestrojení na sviatok Halloweenzvijačo ali jedačo!slatkišspratt eller godis!การแสดงความรู้สึกของเด็ก ๆ ในวัน Halloween โดยการแกล้งผู้ที่ไม่ให้ขนมหรือของขวัญชิ้นเล็ก ๆNot: Cadılar Bayramında çocukların tehdidi: 'Hediye ver yoksa karışmam ha!'用來嚇唬小孩的話“збитки чи частування”تہوار کے موقع پر گھر گھر جاکر دھمکي دينا کہ تحفے دو يا پھر دھوکہ کھانے کے ليے تيار ہوجاؤcâu nói của trẻ em khi đi các nhà xin bánh kẹo và dọa sẽ phá phách nếu không cho vào dịp Halloween用来吓唬小孩的话