User:So9q/sandbox

English

Etymology

From trick +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹɪki/

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• Rhymes: -ɪki

Adjective

sandbox (comparative sandboxer, superlative sandboxest)

1. hard to deal with, complicated5

   They were in a tricky situation.

   • 2012 September 15, Amy Lawrence, “Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     It was as comfortable an afternoon as Arsène Wenger could have wished for in a situation that can be tricky in between internationals and the upcoming Champions League.

2. adept at using deception

   A tricky salesman can sell anything.

3. (colloquial, slang) Relating to or associated with a prostitution trick

   I don't want any of your tricky money, thank you!

Related terms

• trick

Translations

• Armenian: նենգոտ (hy) (nengot)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 麻烦 (zh) (máfan)

• Dutch: netelig (nl), netelige (nl)
• Estonian: keeruline (et), täbar
• Finnish: hankala (fi), tukala (fi)
• French: épineux (fr), compliqué (fr), complexe (fr), délicat (fr)
• German: schwierig (de), heikel (de)
• Greek: περίπλοκος (el) (períplokos), μπερδεμένος (el) (berdeménos)
• Hebrew: טְרִיקִי
• Hungarian: nehéz (hu), fogas (hu), fogós, húzós
• Italian: insidioso (it), ingannevole (it), pericoloso (it)
• Portuguese: complicado (pt) m, complicada (pt) f
• Russian: каверзны́й (ru) (kaverznýj), щекотли́вый (ru) (ščekotlívyj)
• Spanish: difícil (es), dificultoso (es) m, dificultosa (es) f, chungo (es) (colloquial), se las trae (colloquial), tener su intríngulis (colloquial)
• Swedish: knepig (sv), meckig (sv) (colloquial)
• Turkish: güç (tr), zor (tr)

See also

• sneaky