trick
trik
- n a cunning or deceitful action or device
he played a trick on me - n a period of work or duty
- n an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent
that offer was a dirty trick - n a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- n an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
- n a prostitute's customer
- n (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner
- v deceive somebody
We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week
- The "book" (in bridge, six tricks) becomes eight in super-bridge.
- Political dirty tricks, as White House spokesmen never tire of explaining, are hardly a novelty, nor is the use of the FBI to help play those tricks.
- They do a trick, you give them a fish, they do the trick again, you give them a fish.