trick

About 7.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

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

2. noun 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.

3. noun An entertaining difficult physical action.

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

4. noun An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.

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

5. noun Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.

   the tricks of boys

6. noun A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait.

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

7. noun A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
8. noun A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.

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

Similar words

deception illusion prank antic joke caper legerdemain magic trick magic fob

Often followed by

of is to on in was and that or

Word family

tricked tricking tricks turn tricks turned tricks turning tricks turns tricks