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trick en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪk]
  • [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪk]
  • /ˈtɹɪk/

Etymology

From Middle English trikke, from Old Northern French trique (related to Old French trichier (“to defraud, act dishonestly, conceal, deceive, cheat”); > modern French tricher), itself possibly from Middle High German trechen (“to launch a shot at, play a trick on”), or one of its derivatives (e.g. Middle High German ūftrechen (“to do something to someone, hurt someone”), vertrechen (“to conceal, get over on someone”), zuotrechen (“to obtain falsely or deceitfully, wangle, finagle”), etc.); yet the Old French verb is equally likely to be derived from Vulgar Latin *triccāre, from Late Latin tricāre, from Latin trīcor, trīcārī (“dodge, search for detours; haggle, quibble”). The term has been connected to Middle Dutch treck, trec (“draw, line, desire, game move, cord, stratagem, ruse, trick”), from Middle Dutch trekken, trēken (“to pull, place, put, move”), from Old Dutch *trekken, *trekan (“to move, drag”), from Proto-Germanic *trakjaną, *trekaną (“to drag, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”). If they are related, trick would be cognate with Low German trekken, Middle High German trecken, trechen, Danish trække, and Old Frisian trekka, Romanian truc and other Romance languages. Compare track, treachery, trig, and trigger.

Meanings

  1. Involving trickery or deception.
    • trick photography
  2. Able to perform tricks.
    • A trick pony
  3. Defective or unreliable.
    • a trick knee
  4. (US, slang) Stylish or cool.
    • Wow, your new sportscar is so trick.

Forms

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trickest Degree=Sup lexicographic
tricker Degree=Cmp lexicographic

trick en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪk]
  • [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪk]
  • /ˈtɹɪk/

Etymology

From Middle English trikke, from Old Northern French trique (related to Old French trichier (“to defraud, act dishonestly, conceal, deceive, cheat”); > modern French tricher), itself possibly from Middle High German trechen (“to launch a shot at, play a trick on”), or one of its derivatives (e.g. Middle High German ūftrechen (“to do something to someone, hurt someone”), vertrechen (“to conceal, get over on someone”), zuotrechen (“to obtain falsely or deceitfully, wangle, finagle”), etc.); yet the Old French verb is equally likely to be derived from Vulgar Latin *triccāre, from Late Latin tricāre, from Latin trīcor, trīcārī (“dodge, search for detours; haggle, quibble”). The term has been connected to Middle Dutch treck, trec (“draw, line, desire, game move, cord, stratagem, ruse, trick”), from Middle Dutch trekken, trēken (“to pull, place, put, move”), from Old Dutch *trekken, *trekan (“to move, drag”), from Proto-Germanic *trakjaną, *trekaną (“to drag, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”). If they are related, trick would be cognate with Low German trekken, Middle High German trecken, trechen, Danish trække, and Old Frisian trekka, Romanian truc and other Romance languages. Compare track, treachery, trig, and trigger.

Meanings

  1. Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
    • He played a trick on his sister as April Fool's Day.
    • It was just a trick to say that the house was underpriced.
  2. A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
    • And for my next trick, I will pull a wombat out of a duffel bag.
  3. An entertaining difficult physical action.
    • Yo-yo tricks involving sleeping the yo-yo (like "walking the dog" and "rocking the baby") cannot be performed in space. 1995, All Aboard for Space: Introducing Space to Youngsters, page 158:
    • That's a nice skateboard, but can you do any tricks on it?
  4. An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
    • Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field. 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
    • tricks of the trade; what's the trick of getting this chair to fold up?
  5. Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
    • They played a crude trick on the teacher.
    • the tricks of boys
  6. (dated) A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait.
    • The trick of that voice I do well remember. c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi]:
    • He hath a trick of Cœur de Lion's face. c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
    • a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning
  7. A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
    • I cannot tell , but it stirs me more than all your court curls , or your spangles , or your tricks 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
  8. 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 queen of hearts.
    • And now (as oft in some distemper'd state) / On one nice trick depends the gen'ral fate! 1712, Alexander Pope, “Canto III”, in The Rape of the Lock, lines 93–94; republished in The Complete Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Boston, New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1902, page 94:
  9. (Canada, US, slang) A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.
    • Perhaps the most important thing a prostitute learns is how to "manage" the client; how to con him into spending more money than he planned. Learning how to perform tricks takes only a few minutes. Learning how to "hustle" the client takes longer. 1988, John H. Lindquist, Misdemeanor Crime: Trivial Criminal Pursuit, page 43:
    • You lied to me, Leon. It was a rough trick. 1980, Paul Schrader, American Gigolo, spoken by Julian Kaye (Richard Gere):
    • When he later asked her to strip and perform tricks for him, she refused, and he chased her away. She had similar experiences with other men until she eventually fell into prostitution: […] 2019, Julie S. Draskoczy, Belomor: Criminality and Creativity in Stalin’s Gulag:
    • I see your teeth flash, Jamaican honey so sweet Down where Lexington cross 47th Street. Oh, she's a big girl, she's standing six-foot three, Turning tricks for the dudes in the big city. 1975, “Island Girl”, in Bernie Taupin (lyrics), Rock of the Westies, performed by Elton John:
    • turn tricks
    • turn a trick
    • "How did you get into all this?" "I started doing tricks when I was young and I don't mean the magic circle. I learned about sex from an early age. There was nothing else to do in Pitsea except heavy petting and getting F grades at school." 2010, Richard Gill, Paloma Azul, page 139:
  10. (slang) A customer or client of a prostitute.
    • Ten minutes after she got down she broke luck. A white trick in a thirty-seven Buick picked her up. I timed her. She had racehorse speed. 2011, Iceberg Slim, Pimp: The Story of My Life, page 99:
    • As the businessman rounded the corner, she thought, "Here comes another trick."
    • Across 110th street / Woman trying to catch a trick on the street, ooh baby / Across 110th Street / You can find it all in the street 1972, Bobby Womack, “Across 110th Street”, in Across 110th Street:
  11. (slang, vulgar) A term of abuse.
  12. (Pennsylvania, Western) A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
    • Woodside Junction—On 8 hour basis, first trick $60, second trick $60, third trick $50. 1899, New York (State), Bureau of Statistics, Deptartment of Labor, Annual Report
    • The Union contends that Fifer was entitled to promotion to the position of Group Leader on the third trick in the Core Room Department. 1949, Labor arbitration reports, page 738:
    • 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. 1885, Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, The Conductor and Brakeman, page 496:
  13. A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
    • I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull's way and the whale's way, where the wind's like a whetted knife; And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover, And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over. 1902, John Masefield, Sea Fever:
  14. (obsolete) A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
    • The vviles and guiles that vvomen vvorke, / Diſſembled vvith an outvvard ſhevv: / The tricks and toyes that in them lurke, / The Cock that treads thẽ [them] ſhall not knovv, […] 1599, [anonymous], “When as Thine Eye hath Chose the Dame”, in The Passionate Pilgrime. […], 2nd edition, London: […] [Thomas Judson] for W[illiam] Iaggard, and are to be sold by W[illiam] Leake, […], →OCLC:
  15. A representation of arms that is drawn as an outline with labels to indicate colors.
    • Heraldic Collections of various Heralds and others, containing Arms blazoned and in trick, grants of arms, pedigrees, etc. 1892, George Gatfield, Guide to Printed Books and Manuscripts Relating to English and Foreign Heraldry, page 12:
    • The trick […] might be meant for a lion passant or for one rampant embelif […] 2009, Thomas Daniel Tremlett, Hugh Stanford London, Rolls of Arms, Henry III., page 132:

Forms

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tricks Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

tricksical · rope trick · undertrick · bed trick · overtrick · Rosser's trick · trick up one's sleeve · hidden-ball trick · tricklining · miss a trick · trick question · trick turner · knife trick · parlour trick · trickful · brain trick · serve someone a trick · dirty trick vase · vanishing trick · trick-or-treating · trick of the light · trick mode · mango trick · Indian rope trick · con trick · trick-or-treat · Davenport trick · Barton-Nackman trick · every trick in the book · trick of the trade · trick-or-treater · one-trick · politricks · how's tricks? · trickdom · three-card trick · one trick pony · card trick · trick play · tricksome · betrick · do the trick · turn a trick · Scott's trick · trickment · trickproof · one weird trick · hat-trick · turn the trick · tricksy · parlor trick · trickish · the oldest trick in the book · conjuring trick · trick wig · confidence trick · trickwork · one-trick-ponyism · tricky · Gordie Howe hat trick · trick cyclist · know every trick in the book · trickless · dog's trick · bag of tricks · dog trick · tricklike · turn tricks · one-trick pony

Hyponyms

hat trick · Jedi mind trick · party trick · cheap trick · magic trick · dirty trick · parlor trick · parlour trick

Synonyms

trick · wapping cove · john · short-timer · score · whoremaster · jane · rip-off · sleight of hand (magic trick) · con · monger · artifice (something designed to fool) · john · muttonmonger · curb crawler · ploy · punter · gambit · solicitor · fare · illusion (magic trick) · whoremonger · Jane · steamer · gonk · kerb crawler · shift (daily period of work) · magic trick (magic trick) · all-nighter · jockey

Translations (239)

mk трик (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · hu trükk (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · mk и́трина (something designed to fool) · es truco (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · cy pranc (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · gl barma (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · de Trick (magic trick) · no trick (something designed to fool) · de Kunststück (magic trick) · de Finte (something designed to fool) · pl chwyt (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · no trikk (magic trick) · id sulap (magic trick) · sv fint (something designed to fool) · mk фи́нта (something designed to fool) · mk штос (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · de übler Scherz (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · it inbroglio (something designed to fool) · fi temppu (magic trick) · de übler Streich (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · ja トリック (magic trick) · fr astuce (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · it trucco (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · fr pli (winning sequence in cards) · bg закачка (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · sv spratt (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · bg взя́тка (winning sequence in cards) · cy tric (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · bg шега (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · el χαρτωσιά (winning sequence in cards) · et temp (something designed to fool) · fr levée (winning sequence in cards) · de Stich (winning sequence in cards) · hu bűvészmutatvány (magic trick) · es artimaña (something designed to fool) · be трук (magic trick) · fa ترفند (something designed to fool) · fi jekku (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · ru обма́н (something designed to fool) · gl endroma (something designed to fool) · ru трюк (magic trick) · no stikk (winning sequence in cards) · fr quart (sailor's spell of work at the helm) · he לַהֲטוּט (something designed to fool) · es engañifla (something designed to fool) · tr hile (something designed to fool) · fi jippo (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · yi קונץ (something designed to fool) · cs kouzlo (magic trick) · la captiō (something designed to fool) · he טריק (something designed to fool) · es candonga (something designed to fool) · tr oyun (something designed to fool) · la dolus (something designed to fool) · fr passe (slang: act of prostitution) · bg трик (magic trick) · fa نیرنگ (something designed to fool) · mk и́змама (something designed to fool) · fa حقه (something designed to fool) · pt peça (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · gl truque (something designed to fool) · az hiylə (something designed to fool) · pt artimanha (something designed to fool) · mk фи́нта (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · gl estrucia (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · id muslihat (something designed to fool) · hu forduló (slang: act of prostitution) · cy cast (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · nrf farche (something designed to fool) · de Trick (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · es cancamusa (something designed to fool) · pt macete (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · es truco (something designed to fool) · fr truc (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · sv trick (something designed to fool) · te జిత్తు (something designed to fool) · eu azerikeria (something designed to fool) · cy cestyn (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · pt truque (magic trick) · ota اویون (something designed to fool) · ja 企み (something designed to fool) · nl truc (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · no trikk (something designed to fool) · te కనికట్టు (magic trick) · fi taikatemppu (magic trick) · cmn 把戲 /把戏 (magic trick) · te ఇంద్రజాలం (magic trick) · fi temppu (slang: act of prostitution) · tr sihirbaz numarası (magic trick) · bg вахта на руля (sailor's spell of work at the helm) · da trick (something designed to fool) · pdt Faks (something designed to fool) · grc πανούργημα (something designed to fool) · hi चाल (something designed to fool) · hu csíny (something designed to fool) · be фо́кус (magic trick) · ja 欺き (something designed to fool) · pl fortel (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · tr sihirbazlık numarası (magic trick) · hu csel (something designed to fool) · cy tric (something designed to fool) · hu mutatvány (magic trick) · bg номер (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · gl galloufada (something designed to fool) · cmn 戲法 /戏法 (magic trick) · yi טריק (magic trick) · az telə (something designed to fool) · fr tour (something designed to fool) · yi קונץ (magic trick) · el μπάζα (winning sequence in cards) · sv knep (something designed to fool) · fi kepponen (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · es broma (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · pt vaza (winning sequence in cards) · et vemp (something designed to fool) · tr sihir numarası (magic trick) · hu numera (slang: act of prostitution) · cmn 诀窍 (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · ru уло́вка (something designed to fool) · da stik (winning sequence in cards) · cmn 詭計 /诡计 (something designed to fool) · la astus (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · bg фо́кус (magic trick) · fi temppu (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · bg ръка (winning sequence in cards) · pl sposób (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · ja 手品 (magic trick) · id silap mata (magic trick) · sv trick (magic trick) · gd cleas (something designed to fool) · la stropha (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · he לַהֲטוּט (magic trick) · fr pli (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · izh pilla (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · he לְקִיחָה (winning sequence in cards) · gl truque (magic trick) · enm sleighte (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · az kələk (something designed to fool) · gl retranca (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · pt truque (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · ca basa (winning sequence in cards) · da trick (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · la sūtēla (something designed to fool) · pl wziątka (winning sequence in cards) · id slah (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · no triks (something designed to fool) · fi trikki (something designed to fool) · pl lewa (winning sequence in cards) · sv knep (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · no triks (magic trick) · da fidus (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · da knep (something designed to fool) · id kiat (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · bg трик (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · id trik (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · he קוּנְץ (something designed to fool) · pt programa (slang: act of prostitution) · fi juju (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · cs trik (magic trick) · uk трюк (magic trick) · fi pila (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · sv trollkonst (magic trick) · az qurğu (something designed to fool) · sv stick (winning sequence in cards) · id sunglap (magic trick) · fi ruorivuoro (sailor's spell of work at the helm) · gd cleas (magic trick) · de Kniff (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · de List (something designed to fool) · la techina (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · pdt Faks (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · es treta (something designed to fool) · de Trick (something designed to fool) · es cuarto (sailor's spell of work at the helm) · az fokus (magic trick) · gl solercia (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · de Falle (something designed to fool) · cy rhosb (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · hu ütés (winning sequence in cards) · gl truco (magic trick) · ru фо́кус (magic trick) · bg измама (something designed to fool) · cy tric (magic trick) · ota قازیق (something designed to fool) · he תכסיס (something designed to fool) · hu menet (slang: act of prostitution) · mk штос (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · cmn 惡作劇 /恶作剧 (something designed to fool) · sv trolldom (magic trick) · he תַּכְסִיס (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · hu fogás (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · fi temppu (something designed to fool) · gl embeño (something designed to fool) · es engañifa (something designed to fool) · grc δόλος (something designed to fool) · et trikk (something designed to fool) · pt truque (something designed to fool) · es truco (magic trick) · hu bűvésztrükk (magic trick) · uk фо́кус (magic trick) · jv upaya (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · fr tour (magic trick) · mk ше́га (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · gl retranca (something designed to fool) · eo ruzo (something designed to fool) · pl trik (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · tr numara (something designed to fool) · mk трик (magic trick) · hu fortély (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · yi שפּיצל (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · ru взя́тка (winning sequence in cards) · da trick (magic trick) · bg хитрост (something designed to fool) · ota صنعت (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · es baza (winning sequence in cards) · es triquiñuela (something designed to fool) · ar حِيلَة (something designed to fool) · eo truko (something designed to fool) · la praestīgiae (magic trick) · ru трюк (something designed to fool) · cmn 騙術 /骗术 (something designed to fool) · gl godalla (something designed to fool) · da kneb (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · cs fígl (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · eo truko (magic trick) · hu trükk (something designed to fool) · ota اویون (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · ca truc (something designed to fool) · mk ма́јтап (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · pl sztuczka (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · gl renartería (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · id kecohan (something designed to fool) · fi tikki (winning sequence in cards) · no knep (something designed to fool) · cy tric (winning sequence in cards) · sv trolleritrick (magic trick) · tr numara (magic trick) · izh koirus (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank) · gd car (something designed to fool)

trick en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪk]
  • [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪk]
  • /ˈtɹɪk/

Etymology

From Middle English trikke, from Old Northern French trique (related to Old French trichier (“to defraud, act dishonestly, conceal, deceive, cheat”); > modern French tricher), itself possibly from Middle High German trechen (“to launch a shot at, play a trick on”), or one of its derivatives (e.g. Middle High German ūftrechen (“to do something to someone, hurt someone”), vertrechen (“to conceal, get over on someone”), zuotrechen (“to obtain falsely or deceitfully, wangle, finagle”), etc.); yet the Old French verb is equally likely to be derived from Vulgar Latin *triccāre, from Late Latin tricāre, from Latin trīcor, trīcārī (“dodge, search for detours; haggle, quibble”). The term has been connected to Middle Dutch treck, trec (“draw, line, desire, game move, cord, stratagem, ruse, trick”), from Middle Dutch trekken, trēken (“to pull, place, put, move”), from Old Dutch *trekken, *trekan (“to move, drag”), from Proto-Germanic *trakjaną, *trekaną (“to drag, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”). If they are related, trick would be cognate with Low German trekken, Middle High German trecken, trechen, Danish trække, and Old Frisian trekka, Romanian truc and other Romance languages. Compare track, treachery, trig, and trigger.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.
    • I was once tricked into believing I had left my phone in the locker.
    • You tried to trick me when you said that house was underpriced.
  2. To draw (as contrasted with to blazon, which is to describe in words).
    • The rugged Pyrrhus, he whose sable arms, / Black as his purpose, did the night resemble / When he lay couched in the ominous horse, / Hath now this dread and black complexion smear'd / With heraldry more dismal; head to foot / Now is he total gules; horridly trick'd / With blood of fathers, mothers, daughters, sons […] c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
    • They forget that they are in the statutes: […] there they are trick'd, they and their pedigrees. 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act I:
  3. To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out.
    • 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. 1825, Thomas Macaulay, An Essay on John Milton:
    • [T]his Pillar [the "Compounded Order"] is nothing in effect, but a Medlie, or an Amaſſe of all the precedent Ornaments, making a nevv kinde, by ſtealth, and though the moſt richly tricked, yet the pooreſt in this, that he is a borrovver of all his Beautie. 1624, Henry Wotton, “The Seate, and the Worke”, in The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC, I. part, page 38:
    • Tricking up their children in fine clothes. 1693, [John Locke], “(please specify the section number)”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:
    • Trick her off in air. 1735, Alexander Pope, Of the Characters of Women:
  4. To engage in prostitution or casual sex.
    • 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure […] and suddenly it was Maryellin, he & I in the bed. The guy was tall, lean & hard. Absolutely lovely body. For me, it was like my old tricking days.
    • Asked whether one possible way for lesbians to increase sexual satisfaction within a relationship would be to "trick" outside it, Pearlman said that this could be a "terrific turn-on" if done right, but that she generally wouldn't recommend it because of the high risk of jealousy and breakups. 1985 April 20, Betsy Duren, “Women's Studies Conference: Sex and Culture”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
    • You trick for other people, you cheat me out of money, and then when you need a favour, you come back to me. 1980, Paul Schrader, American Gigolo, spoken by Anne (Nina van Pallandt):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tricked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tricked Tense=Past lexicographic
tricking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tricks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

trickable (Terms derived from the adjective or verb trick) · tricker (Terms derived from the adjective or verb trick) · trick shot (Terms derived from the adjective or verb trick) · trickee (Terms derived from the adjective or verb trick) · trick point (Terms derived from the adjective or verb trick) · untrickable (Terms derived from the adjective or verb trick) · tricky (Terms derived from the adjective or verb trick) · trick or treat (Terms derived from the adjective or verb trick) · retrick (Terms derived from the adjective or verb trick) · trickster (Terms derived from the adjective or verb trick) · trickiness (Terms derived from the adjective or verb trick) · trick off (Terms derived from the adjective or verb trick) · trick out (Terms derived from the adjective or verb trick) · trick up (Terms derived from the adjective or verb trick) · outtrick (Terms derived from the adjective or verb trick) · untricked (Terms derived from the adjective or verb trick) · trickery (Terms derived from the adjective or verb trick) · tricknology (Terms derived from the adjective or verb trick)

Synonyms

gull (to fool) · fool (to fool) · dupe (to fool) · have (to fool) · hoodwink (to fool) · mod (to trick out) · rip off (to fool) · con (to fool) · pull the wool over someone's eyes (to fool)

Translations (78)

es engatar (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · ca ensibornar (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · hu becsap (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · cmn 欺骗 (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · ro păcăli (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · no narre (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · ru надувать (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · el εξαπατώ (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · ru обхитрить (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · ckb فێڵ کردن (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · el ξεγελώ (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · eo mistifiki (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · uk обману́ти (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · ro înșela (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · pt enganar (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · ms perdaya (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · el ξεγελάω (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · uk обма́нювати (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · ckb ھەڵخەڵەتاندن (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · bg скроявам номер (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · ca engalipar (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · pdc aabasse (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · hu beugrat (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · fr duper (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · fr embobiner (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · fr rouler (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · fi juksata (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · fi höynäyttää (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · es engrupir (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · de überlisten (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · bg подвеждам (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · uk обдури́ти (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · vi lừa (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · ru обма́нывать (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · bg измамвам (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · ru одура́чить (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · uk обду́рювати (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · mk и́змами (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · ms daya (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · he רימה (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · fi huiputtaa (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · ru одура́чивать (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · da narre (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · la calvor (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · pt enrolar (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · no lure (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · ru облапо́шивать (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · de verarschen (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · ru обману́ть (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · nl bedreigen (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · fi vedättää (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · la dolum faciō (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · nl foppen (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · bg изигравам (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · ru облапо́шить (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · el εξαπατάω (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · mi whakangaio (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · he עבד על (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · hu átver (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · ca ensarronar (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · da lure (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · nl beetnemen (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · fr tromper (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · sv lura (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · nl bedotten (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · fi petkuttaa (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · tr kandırmak (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · vi bịp (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · ca enganyar (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · fi huijata (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · eo trompi (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · nl misleiden (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · de austricksen (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · hi बहकाना (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · ru надуть (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · hu rászed (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · it imbrogliare (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) · es engañar (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)