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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
trick
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cheap trick (=unkind trick)
▪ It was nothing but a cheap trick.
con trick
confidence trick
conjuring tricks
▪ He did conjuring tricks for the children.
didn’t miss a trick (=noticed every opportunity to get an advantage)
▪ John didn’t miss a trick when it came to cutting costs.
hat trick
▪ Saunders scored a hat trick in the final game of the series.
magic trick
▪ His best magic trick is sawing a lady in half.
pull a stunt/trick/joke
▪ Don’t you ever pull a stunt like that again!
scored a hat trick
▪ Saunders scored a hat trick in the final game of the series.
trick or treat
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
cheap
▪ The policeman should have known better than to expect Duncan to fall for a cheap trick like that.
▪ Maybe it was just a cheap trick to get voyeuristic journalists to read a fax that would otherwise have been tossed.
▪ They are hard, but they would not use cheap tricks.
▪ She vowed that never would she resort to such cheap tricks.
clever
▪ You can do clever tricks too.
▪ It was a clever trick to give him time to choose his words.
▪ Both play a very clever trick which will answer the prayers of video users all round the world.
little
▪ Had that little trick not occurred to him then perhaps their relationship might never have happened.
▪ There were manifold uncertainties, and in the days and weeks to come, memory would play devilish little tricks on him.
▪ It is not schooling but a nasty little trick he has to get the better of me.
▪ I cracked jokes, told stories, performed little tricks with the silverware.
▪ You might be his daughter only in name, but you've certainly learnt all his nasty, manipulative little tricks.
▪ The party bags can contain one or two little magic tricks or puzzles.
▪ All this would have been bad enough, even without another little trick nature had up its sleeve: the weather.
magic
▪ This is an old magic trick which entails some preparation.
▪ I used to practice magic tricks.
▪ The party bags can contain one or two little magic tricks or puzzles.
▪ He performs magic tricks and is everything that three women want.
neat
▪ It was a neat trick, but it never seemed to fit the open-faced characters he played.
▪ Dole has to go negative without seeming negative, a neat trick.
▪ He must both get into the fray and seem above it, another neat trick.
▪ That was a neat trick all right.
new
▪ You just can't teach an old bird new tricks.
▪ Prison teaches you a lot of new tricks.
▪ One man's new tricks to manage cash flows and control risk are another's source of financial enslavement and greater risk-taking.
▪ Anker Simmons' main sporting interest was the river and perhaps at 50 he thought himself too old for new tricks.
▪ As a precaution, Lotus will include some of the new tricks in its 1-2-3 for Windows this summer.
▪ They are supremely intelligent and although quick to learn, they tire of new tricks easily.
old
▪ An old trick but it still works.
▪ An old trick, but they had performed it flawlessly.
▪ One of the oldest tricks in the book and he had completely overlooked it.
▪ And last, an old trick of ours is to enlist the help of secretaries to show us their bosses' calendars.
▪ The old trick of keeping a straight face was failing him these days.
▪ I was at my old tricks, the selfish member of a selfish society.
▪ You just can't teach an old bird new tricks.
▪ Up to his same old tricks.
■ NOUN
card
▪ He knows that one card trick is much like another, a descant of deftness that can t be stretched.
con
▪ This is a wicked of police corruption, media con tricks and celebrity scandals.
confidence
▪ A professional golfer tries to pull off a confidence trick against his own body.
▪ Being the host with the most was essential to Archer's confidence trick.
▪ What confidence tricks have you picked up at home or at work?
hat
▪ Wynalda nearly could have had a hat trick late in the first half, but elected instead to spread the wealth around.
▪ There was worse to come seconds before the whistle, when Irons hit his hat trick and Swindon for once were well beaten.
▪ Ted Gilmour was the star man for the B team, claiming a hat trick of victories.
▪ He scored a hat trick for Rotherham t' other day.
▪ Part of this record-breaking hat trick was pulled off by Johnny Boy Gomes.
▪ Darlington were down and out a minute later when Mark McGhee crossed from the right for Maskell to complete his hat trick.
■ VERB
complete
▪ Keeping his head again he raced on to complete his hat-trick.
▪ At this point you show that you have completed the trick.
▪ Darlington were down and out a minute later when Mark McGhee crossed from the right for Maskell to complete his hat trick.
conjure
▪ In 15 first-half minutes of breathtaking attacking they conjured a hat-trick of near-misses.
▪ It was like a conjuring trick.
do
▪ If you don't want to splash out on Dry Shampoo, ordinary talcum powder will do the same trick.
▪ The bathrobe did not do the trick.
▪ You can do clever tricks too.
▪ In Tucson, January golf tournaments do the trick.
▪ Then ask her if she feels close enough to you to try it-that should do the trick.
▪ That seemed to do the trick, or at least he thought so.
▪ Geography, rather than better application of theory, did the trick.
▪ Brown said the system has got to change-and suggested that the threat of less money may do the trick.
know
▪ Th'didn't know I could do tricks did thee?
▪ It is a vicious game played by attorneys who know all the tricks to kill the witness before he gets to court.
▪ The captains knew all the tricks though, and were constantly on the watch.
▪ We know all sorts of tricks for sneaking in.
▪ They know all the tricks in Manchester.
▪ She had to perform for them with the spotlight on her and she knew that no trick would be good enough.
▪ There was nobody acting a lot of the time, but most of them knew a trick worth two of that.
▪ Even the directors had known of the trick.
learn
▪ Very graciously, she refused to learn; and he realised that to learn the trick would be to destroy the magic.
▪ As a child, I learned the trick for remembering the difference between latitude and longitude.
▪ Perhaps Ronnie Koeman was watching and can learn that trick as well.
▪ I learned this trick from another manager.
▪ Teacher preparation, would then be mainly an initiation, learning the tricks of the trade from the old campaigners.
▪ Male speaker Juggling is a challenge, as soon as you learn one trick you realise there are others.
▪ Sometimes your will to learn a trick will take you through.
miss
▪ Cody doesn't miss a trick.
▪ Oh, he didn't miss a trick.
▪ His lazy, supercilious eyes, too, managed their affectation of aloofness without actually missing a trick.
▪ Is Wall Street missing a trick?
▪ The only trouble was that although he never missed a trick, he was dreadfully slow.
▪ Never missed a trick, old Steenie.
▪ I didn't want to miss a trick.
▪ When it comes to promotion, the Disney people don't miss a trick.
perform
▪ At the back, the defence went to work and Paul Reece performed his tricks again to keep Oxford in command.
▪ The skate park is crammed with ramps, bowls and railings for users to perform tricks on.
▪ In fact, all jacanas can perform this trick.
▪ He performed the necessary tricks, dreamed the necessary dreams.
▪ The simplest involves racing down a mountain, while the most complicated requires you to perform tricks on an obstacle course.
▪ I cracked jokes, told stories, performed little tricks with the silverware.
▪ At this palace, as at the other, servility shows its face and performs its tricks.
▪ Butterfly wings perform the same trick, albeit within a cone.
play
▪ Television plays hurtful tricks on people who watch it long enough.
▪ There were manifold uncertainties, and in the days and weeks to come, memory would play devilish little tricks on him.
▪ He knew, too, that his head had been aching and that his mind was capable of playing tricks upon him.
▪ Jack felt edgy but convinced himself that his nerves were playing tricks on him.
▪ Was he somehow playing a terribly cruel trick on her?
▪ Both play a very clever trick which will answer the prayers of video users all round the world.
▪ Somewhat perturbed, Ted flung the door open still believing that the platelayers were playing tricks on him.
▪ She must think Anna was going to play another trick, though nothing could have been further from Anna's mind.
pull
▪ A professional golfer tries to pull off a confidence trick against his own body.
▪ And the rooms pull a few surrealistic tricks with their architecture.
▪ Supposing Gesner pulled a trick, or she fell over.
▪ If he pulls that trick, the finals are within his and the Lakers' reach.
▪ Old Rudolf being smart enough to pull a trick like that!
▪ Then, as the United States Army neared, the well-mobilized army of Young pulled a trick.
▪ The veterans can pull off a few tricks, too.
score
▪ A singleton honour offside will also allow you to score five tricks if you pick it right.
▪ He scored a hat trick for Rotherham t' other day.
▪ Mickey was so delighted that he promptly scored a hat trick in his side's 4-1 win.
▪ Rocastle has got to do the business, score a hat trick or something.
teach
▪ And now he is teaching his son the tricks of the trade.
▪ She asked him to teach her the trick, but he said that she was not ready yet.
▪ The interesting result is the relation between how well the rat remembers, and how long ago it was taught its trick.
▪ It also teaches many tricks to help you learn.
try
▪ I tried every trick in the book to reform him.
▪ Be sure you know what you're asking for if you try this trick at home, kids.
▪ Kelda, which supplies water to Yorkshire, has already tried this trick.
▪ Never try any of these tricks without a backup of your system folder and all key files.
▪ Normally, any government trying this sort of trick would soon be being ordered to pay out in the courts.
▪ If he had tried the same trick, she would have insisted on coming up and waiting for Dickie in the apartment.
▪ I exercised all the patience I could muster, trying every trick I knew of to get a performance out of Monty.
turn
▪ If that doesn't turn the trick, offer him A nice car.
▪ Fletcher turned his trick into a whole scientific theory.
▪ It was Morgan's handling of the attempted bank raid a few days earlier in Cardiff which turned the trick.
▪ But Margo turned the finest trick of her life when she turned this prurient interest back on itself to publicize the convention.
▪ She loves the Poet, and will do anything to please him, including turning tricks for a variety of kinky characters.
use
▪ He used a filthy trick to defeat the Executioner.
▪ Victoria used every trick in the book to undermine Patsy in order to get the new job colleagues knew Patsy had earned.
▪ So we use this same trick in other recipes.
▪ The problem was resolved using a trick called isotopic substitution.
▪ Dineh used various tricks and acrobatic feats to escape them, but eventually exhaustion set in.
▪ You should not use this sort of trick anywhere else in a program.
▪ Eat the bread while it is hot but do not expect to use this trick on the same loaf twice.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dirty trick
go trick or treating
play a joke/trick/prank on sb
▪ He had always played tricks on her.
▪ Her brain had to be playing tricks on her.
▪ In one of them, a man named Wakefield decides to play a joke on his wife.
▪ It allowed me to detect instances when time played tricks on the memory of some of the respondents.
▪ Jack felt edgy but convinced himself that his nerves were playing tricks on him.
▪ Somewhat perturbed, Ted flung the door open still believing that the platelayers were playing tricks on him.
▪ They delight in playing tricks on mortals, though they will cease to give trouble if politely requested to do so.
▪ Yes, fate was playing tricks on me.
play tricks (on you)
▪ He had always played tricks on her.
▪ He knew, too, that his head had been aching and that his mind was capable of playing tricks upon him.
▪ Her brain had to be playing tricks on her.
▪ It allowed me to detect instances when time played tricks on the memory of some of the respondents.
▪ Jack felt edgy but convinced himself that his nerves were playing tricks on him.
▪ Somewhat perturbed, Ted flung the door open still believing that the platelayers were playing tricks on him.
▪ They delight in playing tricks on mortals, though they will cease to give trouble if politely requested to do so.
▪ Yes, fate was playing tricks on me.
sb's memory is playing tricks on them
you can't teach an old dog new tricks
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Don't send her any money - it might be a trick.
▪ For my final trick, I will make this elephant disappear.
▪ He pretended to be sick as a trick to get her to visit him.
▪ He refused to answer, suspecting they were asking him a trick question.
▪ Helen sat on the bed, clapping while her brother did magic tricks.
▪ In college, I learned a trick to remember names.
▪ It's hard to do a trick like this in front of so many people.
▪ John would sometimes perform card tricks for his buddies.
▪ The pregnancy was just a trick to get him to marry her.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But he was a trick, Chesarynth, and I am not.
▪ If your problems are straight forward, this low-cost solution may do the trick.
▪ It was a trick that always made her family roar with laughter.
▪ It was no teaching or learning of a special trick of composition.
▪ She didn't somehow think a stitch cutter would do the trick quite so well!
▪ She hoped he would give up this trick as he grew older.
▪ The trick is to make representatives more responsible or to put in place automatic restraints on spending.
II.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
out
▪ This crisp shell gives way to hot luscious crab within, not tricked out with too many spices.
▪ Cherries turn up again in a buttermilk pudding tricked out with rose petals and violets.
▪ Zeus took up the white fat and was angry when he saw the bones craftily tricked out.
■ NOUN
way
▪ Here are three examples of callers who may try to trick their way into your home.
■ VERB
play
▪ In this instance, there had been a mix-up, and for once Eliot's memory had played him tricks.
▪ Yes, fate was playing tricks on me.
try
▪ But some people try to trick children into doing something by giving them sweets or money.
▪ While suspicious that somehow management was trying to trick them, union officials eventually agreed to go along with the program.
▪ Was it possible that the police suspected his involvement with Saunders and were trying to trick him into an admission of guilt?
▪ Every party politician that expects to lose tries that trick.
▪ Or all trying to trick him?
▪ They clearly believed I was trying to trick them.
▪ Here are three examples of callers who may try to trick their way into your home.
▪ Perhaps he was trying to trick her into talking by pretending to be sympathetic?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dirty trick
sb's memory is playing tricks on them
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A man posing as an insurance agent tricked her out of thousands of dollars.
▪ I'm not trying to trick you - just answer the question.
▪ I realized then that I had been tricked, but it was too late.
▪ The old man's sons had tricked him into signing the papers.
▪ You tricked me!
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Does Dave know that Bob and l tricked?
▪ Dynamius tried to lock them out of the city, but he was tricked by Gundulf.
▪ Guglielmo and Ferrando reappear without their disguises, and the girls become aware that they have been tricked.
▪ He's the one who originally tricked the first human couple to disobey the Maker's instructions.
▪ This is called an optical illusion, which means that your eyes trick you into seeing something that is not really there.
III.adjective
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
go trick or treating
play a joke/trick/prank on sb
▪ He had always played tricks on her.
▪ Her brain had to be playing tricks on her.
▪ In one of them, a man named Wakefield decides to play a joke on his wife.
▪ It allowed me to detect instances when time played tricks on the memory of some of the respondents.
▪ Jack felt edgy but convinced himself that his nerves were playing tricks on him.
▪ Somewhat perturbed, Ted flung the door open still believing that the platelayers were playing tricks on him.
▪ They delight in playing tricks on mortals, though they will cease to give trouble if politely requested to do so.
▪ Yes, fate was playing tricks on me.
play tricks (on you)
▪ He had always played tricks on her.
▪ He knew, too, that his head had been aching and that his mind was capable of playing tricks upon him.
▪ Her brain had to be playing tricks on her.
▪ It allowed me to detect instances when time played tricks on the memory of some of the respondents.
▪ Jack felt edgy but convinced himself that his nerves were playing tricks on him.
▪ Somewhat perturbed, Ted flung the door open still believing that the platelayers were playing tricks on him.
▪ They delight in playing tricks on mortals, though they will cease to give trouble if politely requested to do so.
▪ Yes, fate was playing tricks on me.
sb's memory is playing tricks on them
you can't teach an old dog new tricks
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But the truth is that these are trick questions-because each of them asks which is best for you.
▪ Gadget Bob and his staff send in trick plays more often than the Harlem Globetrotters.
▪ Mitchell was doing trick shots over his shoulder.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trick

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. `` Trick her off in air.''
    --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.

Trick

Trick \Trick\, n. [D. trek a pull, or drawing, a trick, trekken to draw; akin to LG. trekken, MHG. trecken, trechen, Dan. tr[ae]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.

    He comes to me for counsel, and I show him a trick.
    --South.

    I know a trick worth two of that.
    --Shak.

  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.
    --Prior.

  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.
    --Shak.

    He hath a trick of C[oe]ur de Lion's face.
    --Shak.

  5. A knot, braid, or plait of hair. [Obs.]
    --B. Jonson.

  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.
    --Pope.

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

  8. A toy; a trifle; a plaything. [Obs.]
    --Shak.

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

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
trick

early 15c., "a cheat, a mean ruse," from Old North French trique "trick, deceit, treachery, cheating," from trikier "to deceive, to cheat," variant of Old French trichier "to cheat, trick, deceive," of uncertain origin, probably from Vulgar Latin *triccare, from Latin tricari "be evasive, shuffle," from tricæ "trifles, nonsense, a tangle of difficulties," of unknown origin.\n

\nMeaning "a roguish prank" is recorded from 1580s; sense of "the art of doing something" is first attested 1610s. Meaning "prostitute's client" is first attested 1915; earlier it was U.S. slang for "a robbery" (1865). To do the trick "accomplish one's purpose" is from 1812; to miss a trick "fail to take advantage of opportunity" is from 1889; from 1872 in reference to playing the card-game of whist, which might be the original literal sense. Trick-or-treat is recorded from 1942. Trick question is from 1907.

trick

"deceive by trickery," 1590s, from trick (n.). Related: Tricked; tricking. The sense of "to dress, adorn" (c.1500) is perhaps a different word entirely.

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Wiktionary
trick

  1. (context slang English) stylish or cool. n. 1 Something designed to fool or swindle. 2 A single piece (or business) of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act. 3 An effective, clever or quick way of doing something. v

  2. 1 (context transitive English) To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive. 2 (context heraldry English) To draw (as opposed to blazon - to describe in words). 3 To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by ''up'', ''off'', or ''out''.

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WordNet
trick

  1. n. a cunning or deceitful action or device; "he played a trick on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it" [syn: fast one]

  2. a period of work or duty

  3. an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent; "that offer was a dirty trick"

  4. a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement [syn: antic, joke, prank, caper, put-on]

  5. an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers [syn: magic trick, conjuring trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, illusion, deception]

trick

v. deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week" [syn: fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on]

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Wikipedia
Trick

Trick may refer to:

Trick (film)

Trick is a 1999 American gay-themed romantic comedy film starring Christian Campbell, John Paul Pitoc and Tori Spelling. Independently produced by Eric d'Arbeloff, Ross Katz and Fall, the film was written by Jason Schafer and directed by Jim Fall. Trick premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 1999, and was later released theatrically by Fine Line Features that July.

Trick (TV series)

Trick comprises a comedic Japanese television drama and movie series (three seasons, four movies, and three feature-length TV specials), as well as associated comic books, novelizations and meta-fiction novels about a failed magician and an arrogant physicist who debunks fraudulent spiritualists. It stars Hiroshi Abe and Yukie Nakama and is shown on TV Asahi (digital TV channel 5). It was created by Japanese director Yukihiko Tsutsumi.

Trick (Kele Okereke album)

Trick is the second solo album by Kele Okereke, the lead singer of British indie rock band Bloc Party. It was released on 13 October 2014 through Lilac Records. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number 99.

Trick (video gamer)

Kim Gang-yun, better known as Trick, is a South Korean League of Legends player who is the jungler for G2 Esports of the European League of Legends Championship Series (EU LCS). He won the 2016 Spring EU LCS with G2.

Trick (Kumi Koda album)

Trick (stylized as TRICK) is the seventh studio album released by J-Urban singer-songwriter Kumi Koda. The album continued her #1 streak and stayed on the Oricon charts for twenty-nine weeks. It was released on January 28, 2009 and came in CD and CD+2DVD with the latter being a limited edition and the second DVD containing her Live DVD "Koda Kumi Special Live “Dirty Ballroom” ~One Night Show~" (stylized as LIVE DVD 「KODA KUMI SPECIAL LIVE “Dirty Ballroom” 〜One Night Show〜」). The limited editions of both versions carried the bonus track Venus, originally released by Shocking Blue in 1969.

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Usage examples of "trick".

She might have struck her skin alight, her favorite trick spell, but she was too addled and exhausted.

They had already perfected the basic tenets of composition, but now, with their second album, With the Beatles, released in November 1963, they began to introduce little tricks of their own which reappear as signatures in Lennon-McCartney songs.

When Alec could do the catch with either hand, Seregil had him try it using only his thumb and forefinger, and finally to perform the trick with his eyes shut.

As silent partner, Alker had supplied the required cash, only to find that he owed Malvin more than he could raise, due to trick clauses in the agreements that they signed.

Van den Bos, tanned still from his damned winter sports, perform the classic aqualung tricks.

He may have twisted the rope to get her undivided attention, he may even have sexually stimulated her while he was causing sexual asphyxia, a trick he may have learned from her .

You were once kind enough to admire, and pretend bafflement by, the small tricks I had the temerity to show to you.

Thereupon we began a thousand tricks, accompanied by shouts and shrieks of laughter, purposely calculated to drive the little priest desperate.

By that trick, we ceased being two bipedal strangers and became a single honorary hadrosaur.

He was a trick rider in the Wild West Show, and was considered a black sheep by the stuffier members of the clan in his day.

It is a common blockheaded trick to serenade and disturb people at midnight, I am come to serenade you at nine.

He was moving the weapon to where Bradden could make a grab at it, but there was a trick to offset that.

The bridegroom, and all those who were there, began to laugh, and said that the priest had played them this trick.

She became a wonderful horsewoman, and, when in the West, entered contests at rodeos in trick riding, riding buckers and so-called outlaws, and won many prizes.

In addition, he noticed that Olan Byr in particular had worked out little tricks of technique, like touching the strings with the wheel at an angle or letting the wheel bounce lightly off the string.