trick

noun
/ˈtɹɪk/

Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.

Example

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

Other meanings

A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
“And for my next trick, I will pull a wombat out of a duffel bag.”
An entertaining difficult physical action.
“That's a nice skateboard, but can you do any tricks on it?”

Synonyms

fast one

Related words

betrick
overtrick
trickdom
trickful
tricklike
tricklining
trickment
trickproof
trickwork
undertrick
Barton-Nackman trick
serve someone a trick

Example sentences

“It's just your mind playing tricks on you.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“That's a clever trick, but it won't work on me.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Latin "tricor" (trīcor, trīcārī).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “trick” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.