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- DictionaryTrick/trik/
noun
- 1. a cunning or skillful act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone: "he's a double-dealer capable of any mean trick"
- 2. a peculiar or characteristic habit or mannerism: "she had a trick of clipping off certain words and phrases"
verb
- 1. deceive or outwit (someone) by being cunning or skillful: "buyers can be tricked by savvy sellers"
- 2. sketch (a coat of arms) in outline, with the colors indicated by letters or signs.
adjective
- 1. intended or used to deceive or mystify, or to create an illusion: "a trick question"
- 2. liable to fail; defective: North American "a trick knee"
The meaning of TRICK is a crafty procedure or practice meant to deceive or defraud. How to use trick in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Trick.
TRICK definition: 1. an action that is intended to deceive, either as a way of cheating someone, or as a joke or form…. Learn more.
a clever or ingenious device or expedient; adroit technique: the tricks of the trade. the art or knack of doing something skillfully: You seem to have mastered the trick of making others laugh. a clever or dexterous feat intended to entertain, amuse, etc.: He taught his dog some amazing tricks.
trick. noun. /trɪk/. /trɪk/. Idioms. something to cheat somebody. something that you do to make somebody believe something that is not true, or to annoy somebody as a joke. They had to think of a trick to get past the guards.
trick [sb] out of [sth] ⇒ vtr. (cheat out of: money, etc.) escroquer [qqn] de [qch] vtr + prép. (toutes les économies de [qqn]) prendre [qch] à [qqn] (par la ruse) vtr + prép. The con man tricked the old lady out of her savings by pretending to work for a charity.
A trick is a hoax or sneaky scheme. If you fool people into thinking they're donating to a good cause when you're really keeping their money, you're playing a trick on them. It's not nice to trick people.
noun. / trik/. something which is done, said etc in order to cheat or deceive someone, and sometimes to frighten them or make them appear stupid. ruse , tour. The message was just a trick to get her to leave the room. a clever or skilful action (to amuse etc) tour. The magician performed some clever tricks.
FRANÇAIS. ANGLAIS. [trɪk] noun. [deception, ruse] ruse f, astuce f. [stratagem] stratagème m. a trick of the light un effet d'optique. [joke, prank] tour m, farce f, blague f. to play a trick on somebody faire une farce or jouer un tour à quelqu'un.
A particular habit, way, or mode of acting; a characteristic quality, trait, practice, or custom. (Usually, a bad or unpleasant habit.) at or (now more usually) up to one's (old) tricks, misbehaving or plotting mischief in one's characteristic way. 1576.
to make somebody believe something which is not true, especially in order to cheat them. trick somebody I'd been tricked and I felt stupid. trick your way + adv./prep. He managed to trick his way past the security guards. Synonyms cheat.
