Meaning of trick | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
2. Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle
3. A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick
4. A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
5. To cheat or deceive or to practice trickery or deception.
6. An entertaining difficult physical action
7. To ornament or adorn, often garishly: was all tricked out in beads and fringe.
8. An entertaining difficult physical action.
9. An effective, clever or quick way of doing something
10. To bring about the desired result.
11. An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
12. Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
13. Used to make a friendly inquiry about a person or that person's affairs.
14. Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
15. To be extremely alert: The teacher was known for not missing a trick.
16. A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait.
    dated
17. do or turn the trick, to produce the desired effect.
18. A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
19. To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation:beguile, betray, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, fool, hoodwink, humbug, mislead, take in.
20. A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
21. Informal. To dress in formal or special clothing:array, attire, deck (out), dress up, prank.
22. A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.
    slang
23. So weak or defective as to be liable to fail:undependable, unreliable.
24. A customer or client of a prostitute.
    slang
25. intended to deceive or give a certain illusion. trick photography. truuk حيلةٌ تَصْويرِيَّه измамен enganador trikový Trick-... trick- παραπλανητικόςtrucado kunst-, konksuga فریب آمیز trikkikuvaus truqué מתַּעֲתֵע धोखा देना lažan trükk- tipuan sjónhverfing truccato 仕掛けのある 속임의 apgaulingas kombinētais kadrs penuh muslihat kunst- jukse-, lure- trickowy غولونکی trucat выполняемый с использованием трюков trikový zavajajoč varljiv trick- หลอกลวง aldatıcı 特技的，花巧的 обманливий; комбінований پرفريب ảo 特...
26. A term of abuse.
    slang, vulgar
27. A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
    Pennsylvania, Western
28. A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
29. A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
    obsolete
30. A representation of arms that is drawn as an outline with labels to indicate colors.

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Examples

“It was just a trick to say that the house was underpriced.”

“He played a trick on his sister as April Fool's Day.”

“And for my next trick, I will pull a wombat out of a duffel bag.”

“That's a nice skateboard, but can you do any tricks on it?”

“Yo-yo tricks involving sleeping the yo-yo (like "walking the dog" and "rocking the baby") cannot be performed in space.”

“tricks of the trade; what's the trick of getting this chair to fold up?”

“Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.”

“the tricks of boys”

“They played a crude trick on the teacher.”

“a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning”

“He hath a trick of Cœur de Lion's face.”

“The trick of that voice I do well remember.”

“I cannot tell , but it stirs me more than all your court curls , or your spangles , or your tricks”

“I was able to take the second trick with the queen of hearts.”

“And now (as oft in some distemper'd state) / On one nice trick depends the gen'ral fate!”

“turn a trick”

“turn tricks”

“Across 110th street / Woman trying to catch a trick on the street, ooh baby / Across 110th Street / You can find it all in the street”

“I see your teeth flash, Jamaican honey so sweet Down where Lexington cross 47th Street. Oh, she's a big girl, she's standing six-foot three, Turning tricks for the dudes in the big city.”

“You lied to me, Leon. It was a rough trick.”

“Perhaps the most important thing a prostitute learns is how to "manage" the client; how to con him into spending more money than he planned. Learning how to perform tricks takes only a few minutes. Learning how to "hustle" the client takes longer.”

“"How did you get into all this?" "I started doing tricks when I was young and I don't mean the magic circle. I learned about sex from an early age. There was nothing else to do in Pitsea except heavy petting and getting F grades at school."”

“When he later asked her to strip and perform tricks for him, she refused, and he chased her away. She had similar experiences with other men until she eventually fell into prostitution: […]”

“As the businessman rounded the corner, she thought, "Here comes another trick."”

“Ten minutes after she got down she broke luck. A white trick in a thirty-seven Buick picked her up. I timed her. She had racehorse speed.”

“On third trick from 12 m. to 8 am, we have W. A. White, formerly operator at Wallula, who thus far has given general satisfaction.”

“Woodside Junction—On 8 hour basis, first trick $60, second trick $60, third trick $50.”

“The Union contends that Fifer was entitled to promotion to the position of Group Leader on the third trick in the Core Room Department.”

“I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull's way and the whale's way, where the wind's like a whetted knife; And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover, And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.”

“The vviles and guiles that vvomen vvorke, / Diſſembled vvith an outvvard ſhevv: / The tricks and toyes that in them lurke, / The Cock that treads thẽ [them] ſhall not knovv, […]”

“Heraldic Collections of various Heralds and others, containing Arms blazoned and in trick, grants of arms, pedigrees, etc.”

“The trick […] might be meant for a lion passant or for one rampant embelif […]”

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