trick
noun
[ trɪk ]
• a cunning act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone.
• "he's a double-dealer capable of any mean trick"
Similar:
stratagem,
ploy,
ruse,
scheme,
device,
move,
manoeuvre,
contrivance,
machination,
expedient,
artifice,
wile,
dodge,
deceit,
deception,
trickery,
subterfuge,
chicanery,
sharp practice,
swindle,
hoax,
fraud,
confidence trick,
con,
con trick,
set-up,
game,
scam,
sting,
gyp,
flimflam,
wheeze,
bunco,
grift,
lurk,
rort,
schlenter,
flanker,
shift,
fetch,
rig,
• a peculiar or characteristic habit or mannerism.
• "she had a trick of clipping off certain words and phrases"
Similar:
mannerism,
habit,
practice,
quirk,
idiosyncrasy,
peculiarity,
foible,
eccentricity,
way,
characteristic,
trait,
• (in bridge, whist, and similar card games) a sequence of cards forming a single round of play. One card is laid down by each player, the highest card being the winner.
• a prostitute's client.
• a sailor's turn at the helm, usually lasting for two or four hours.
trick
verb
• cunningly deceive or outwit.
• "many people have been tricked by villains with false identity cards"
Similar:
deceive,
delude,
hoodwink,
mislead,
take in,
dupe,
fool,
double-cross,
cheat,
defraud,
swindle,
outwit,
outmanoeuvre,
catch out,
gull,
hoax,
bamboozle,
beguile,
entrap,
con,
bilk,
diddle,
rook,
put one over on,
pull a fast one on,
take for a ride,
lead up the garden path,
spoof,
shaft,
do,
have,
gyp,
flimflam,
sucker,
snooker,
goldbrick,
give someone a bum steer,
pull a swifty on,
cozen,
chicane,
sell,
illude,
• sketch (a coat of arms) in outline, with the colours indicated by letters or signs.
trick
adjective
• intended or used to deceive or mystify, or to create an illusion.
• "a trick question"
• liable to fail; defective.
• "a trick knee"
Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun): from an Old French dialect variant of triche, from trichier ‘deceive’, of unknown origin. Current senses of the verb date from the mid 16th century.
