a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.

an optical illusion

It must have been some visual trick caused by the flickering candlelight.

a roguish or mischievous act; practical joke; prank

She likes to play tricks on her friends.

a mean, foolish, or childish action.

a clever or ingenious device or expedient; adroit technique

the tricks of the trade.

the art or knack of doing something skillfully

You seem to have mastered the trick of making others laugh.

a clever or dexterous feat intended to entertain, amuse, etc.

He taught his dog some amazing tricks.

a feat of magic or legerdemain

card tricks.

a behavioral peculiarity; trait; habit; mannerism.

a period of duty or turn; stint; tour of duty

I relieved the pilot after he had completed his trick at the wheel.

Cards .

the group or set of cards played and won in one round.

a point or scoring unit.

a card that is a potential winner. Compare honor trick .

Informal . a child or young girl

a pretty little trick.

Slang .

a prostitute's customer.

a sexual act between a prostitute and a customer.

Heraldry .

a preliminary sketch of a coat of arms.

engraver's trick.

of, pertaining to, characterized by, or involving tricks

trick shooting.

designed or used for tricks

a trick chair.

(of a joint) inclined to stiffen or weaken suddenly and unexpectedly

a trick shoulder.

to deceive by trickery.

Heraldry . to indicate the tinctures of (a coat of arms) with engraver's tricks.

to cheat or swindle (usually fol. by out of )

to trick someone out of an inheritance.

to beguile by trickery (usually fol. by into ).

to practice trickery or deception; cheat.

to play tricks; trifle (usually fol. by with ).

Slang . to engage in sexual acts for hire. ?

trick out, Informal . to embellish or adorn with or as if with ornaments or other attention-getting devices. ?

do or turn the trick

to achieve the desired effect or result

Another turn of the pliers should do the trick.

turn a trick

Slang . (of a prostitute) to engage in a sexual act with a customer.

noun

frankness , honesty , seriousness , ignorance , misunderstanding

verb

be serious

noun

ambush , artifice , blind , bluff , casuistry , cheat , chicanery , circumvention , con * , concealment , conspiracy , conundrum , cover , deception , decoy , delusion , device , disguise , distortion , dodge * , double-dealing , duplicity , equivocation , evasion , fabrication , fake , falsehood , feint , forgery , fraud , game , gimmick , hoax , illusion , imposition , imposture , intrigue , invention , machination , maneuver , perjury , plot , ploy , pretense , ruse , snare , stratagem , subterfuge , swindle , trap , treachery , wile , accomplishment , antic , caper , catch , escapade , feat , frolic , funny business , gag * , gambol , jape , jest , lark , monkeyshine * , practical joke , put-on , shenanigan , sleight of hand , sport , stunt , tomfoolery , ability , art , command , craft , facility , gift , hang , knack , method , secret , skill , swing , technique , crotchet , custom , foible , habitude , idiosyncrasy , manner , mannerism , peculiarity , practice , praxis , quirk , trait , usage , use , way , wont , bout , go * , hitch , shift , spell , stint , tour , turn , dodge , jig , sleight , joke , feel , go , inning , stretch , time , watch , chicane , confidence trick , expedient , finesse , gambit , hocus-pocus , manipulation , prank , roguishness , subtlety , trickery , wiles

verb

bamboozle , catch * , cheat , con , deceive , defraud , delude , disinform , double deal , dupe , fake , flimflam * , gull , hoax , hocus-pocus * , hoodwink , impose upon , jive * , mislead , outwit , play for a fool , pull wool over , put one over on , rook * , screw * , set up * , swindle , take for a ride , take in * , throw , trap , victimize , beguile , betray , bluff , cozen , double-cross , fool , humbug , take in , adorn , ambush , antic , artifice , bait , bilk , cajole , catch , chicanery , deceit , decorate , decoy , delusion , device , dodge , dress , escapade , feat , feint , finagle , flimflam , fox , fraud , gag , gimmick , guile , hornswoggle , illusion , imposture , inveigle , jape , jest , joke , knack , lark , legerdemain , maneuver , manipulate , method , prank , pretext , ruse , scam , secret , set off , shay , shift , skill , sleight , spell , spoof , stratagem , stunt , subterfuge , technique , wile

phrasal verb

array , attire , deck , dress up , prank

adjective

undependable , unreliable