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English Dictionary: trick	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for trick
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trick n a cunning or deceitful action or device; "he played a trick on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it" Synonym(s): trick, fast one a period of work or duty an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent; "that offer was a dirty trick" a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement Synonym(s): antic, joke, prank, trick, caper, put-on an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers Synonym(s): magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion, deception a prostitute's customer Synonym(s): whoremaster, whoremonger, john, trick (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner v deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week" Synonym(s): flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trick \Trick\, n. [D. trek a pull, or drawing, a trick, trekken to draw; akin to LG. trekken, MHG. trecken, trechen, Dan. tr[91]kke, and OFries. trekka. Cf. {Track}, {Trachery}, {Trig}, a., {Trigger}.] 1. An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trick \Trick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tricked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tricking}.] 1. To deceive by cunning or artifice; to impose on; to defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse. 2. To dress; to decorate; to set off; to adorn fantastically; -- often followed by up, off, or out. [bd] Trick her off in air.[b8] --Pope. People lavish it profusely in tricking up their children in fine clothes, and yet starve their minds. --Locke. They are simple, but majestic, records of the feelings of the poet; as little tricked out for the public eye as his diary would have been. --Macaulay. 3. To draw in outline, as with a pen; to delineate or distinguish without color, as arms, etc., in heraldry. They forget that they are in the statutes: . . . there they are tricked, they and their pedigrees. --B. Jonson.