trick
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
Either from Old Northern French trique (related to Old French trichier; French: tricher), of Germanic origin, from Middle High German trechen (“to launch a shot at, play a trick on”); Or from Dutch trek (“a pull, draw, trick”), from trekken (“to draw”), from Middle Dutch trekken, trēken (“to pull, place, put, move”), from Old Dutch *trekkan, *trekan (“to move, drag”), from Proto-Germanic *trakjanan, *trikanan (“to drag, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”). Cognate with Low German trekken, Middle High German trecken, trechen, Danish trække, and Old Frisian trekka. Compare track, treachery, trig, and trigger.
[edit] Adjective
trick (comparative tricker, superlative trickest)
[edit] Noun
trick (plural tricks)
- Something designed to fool or swindle.
- It was just a trick to say that the house was underpriced.
- A single piece (or business) of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act.
- And for my next trick, I will pull a wombat out of a duffel bag.
- An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
- Tricks of the trade. What's the trick of getting this chair to fold up?
- (card games) A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
- I was able to take the second trick with the heart queen.
- (slang) An act of prostitution. Generally used with turn.
- At the worst point, she was turning ten tricks a day.
- (slang) A customer to a prostitute.
- As the businessman rounded the corner, she thought, "Here comes another trick."
- An entertaining or difficult physical action.
- That's a nice skateboard, but can you do any tricks on it?
- A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
- 1885, Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, The Conductor and Brakeman, page 496:
- On third trick from 12 m. to 8 am, we have W. A. White, formerly operator at Wallula, who thus far has given general satisfaction.
- 1899, New York (State), Bureau of Statistics, Deptartment of Labor, Annual Report:
- Woodside Junction—On 8 hour basis, first trick $60, second trick $60, third trick $50.
- 1949, Labor arbitration reports, page 738:
- The Union contends that Fifer was entitled to promotion to the position of Group Leader on the third trick in the Core Room Department.
- 1885, Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, The Conductor and Brakeman, page 496:
[edit] Synonyms
- (something designed to trick): con, ploy, rip-off
- (magic trick): illusion, magic trick, sleight of hand
- (customer to a prostitute): john
- (entertaining or difficult physical action): artifice, ploy, gambit
- See also Wikisaurus:deception
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[edit] Verb
trick (third-person singular simple present tricks, present participle tricking, simple past and past participle tricked)
- (transitive) To fool; to cause to believe something untrue.
- You tried to trick me when you said that house was underpriced.
[edit] Synonyms
- (to fool): con, dupe, fool, gull, have, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, rip off
- (to trick out): mod
- See also Wikisaurus:deceive
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[edit] Derived terms
- English terms derived from Old Northern French
- English terms derived from Germanic languages
- English terms derived from Middle High German
- English terms derived from Dutch
- English terms derived from Middle Dutch
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English adjectives
- English slang
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