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noun

Trick n.

1.

An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade. "He comes to me for counsel, and I show him a trick." "I know a trick worth two of that."

2.

A sly, dexterous, or ingenious procedure fitted to puzzle or amuse; as, a bear's tricks; a juggler's tricks.

3.

Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank; as, the tricks of boys.

4.

A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as, a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning. "The trick of that voice I do well remember." "He hath a trick of Coeur de Lion's face."

5.

A knot, braid, or plait of hair. (Obs.)

6.

(Card Playing) The whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players. "On one nice trick depends the general fate."

7.

(Naut.) A turn; specifically, the spell of a sailor at the helm, usually two hours.

8.

A toy; a trifle; a plaything. (Obs.)

Synonyms: Stratagem; wile; fraud; cheat; juggle; finesse; sleight; deception; imposture; delusion; imposition.

verb

Trick v. t. (past & past part. tricked; pres. part. 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. " Trick her off in air." "People lavish it profusely in tricking up their children in fine clothes, and yet starve their minds." "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."

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."

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"Trick" Quotes from Famous Books

... was the most thrilling and reckless of which there is any record. Andrews resorted to his old trick of dropping cross-ties, but he soon saw that this would not do. Then he uncoupled one of his box cars. Captain Fuller picked it up, and pushed it ahead. Andrews uncoupled another. This was served the same ...

— Stories Of Georgia - 1896 • Joel Chandler Harris

... her every way, this big husband of hers. He had counted the cost and paid it—willingly. He would not even have mentioned it. There you have the essence of the man. Her lids fell, and her incurable instinct for comedy set a faint dimple in her cheek. Here he was at his old trick of dragging her on to higher ground; and the perverse spirit of her loved and hated him for it ...

— The Great Amulet • Maud Diver

... arms of his own folk, as much as by these of his guests; and Leotar, wounded to the death, and judging that his conqueror, Ole, was as keen in mind as he was valorous in deeds, gave him the name of the Vigorous, and prophesied that he should perish by the same kind of trick as he had used with Thore; for, without question he should fall by the treachery of his own house. And, as he spoke, he suddenly passed away. Thus we can see that the last speech of the dying man expressed ...

— The Danish History, Books I-IX • Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Learned")

... wouldn't dew for them tew lose track of us in this here wilderness of mountains, where 'twould be like tryin' tew find a needle in a haystack tew try tew hit our trail ag'in, once it was lost; an' so, I reckon, some on 'em has got an eye on us right now, an' that we'll have tew play a shrewder trick than that tew fool 'em. But, maybe, 'twill work all right as a sort of a blind, an' make them think that we think that we have fooled them, an' so make 'em keerless, so that we can fool 'em th' next time. What dew you think, Steeltrap?" ...

— The Cave of Gold - A Tale of California in '49 • Everett McNeil

... good to you alive than dead," interrupted Lady Agnes in her turn. "For Hubert despised you for the way in which you tried to trick him out of money. He thought you little better than a criminal, and only hushed up your wickedness for my sake. You would have got no more money out of him, and you know that much. By killing him you hoped that I would get the fortune and then you could plunder ...

— Red Money • Fergus Hume

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