Definition of Trick

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Definition of Trick

Trick

An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade.

A sly, dexterous, or ingenious procedure fitted to puzzle or amuse; as, a bear's tricks; a juggler's tricks.

Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank; as, the tricks of boys.

A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as, a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning.

A knot, braid, or plait of hair.

The whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players.

A turn; specifically, the spell of a sailor at the helm, -- usually two hours.

A toy; a trifle; a plaything.

To deceive by cunning or artifice; to impose on; to defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse.

To dress; to decorate; to set off; to adorn fantastically; -- often followed by up, off, or out.

To draw in outline, as with a pen; to delineate or distinguish without color, as arms, etc., in heraldry.

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Trick Quotations

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
Will Rogers

People teach their dogs to sit; it's a trick. I've been sitting my whole life, and a dog has never looked at me as though he thought I was tricky.
Mitch Hedberg

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.
Leonardo da Vinci

Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.
Niccolo Machiavelli

Iraq now says that it will, after all, destroy its missiles. President Bush said, 'Please, I used to pull the same trick. There'd be an intervention, I'd make a big show of pouring out the liquor and then there was a case under the floorboards.'
Bill Maher

It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work.
Harry S. Truman

The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.
Lee Iacocca

My mother-in-law had a pain beneath her left breast. Turned out to be a trick knee.
Phyllis Diller

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.
Chuck Palahniuk

The trick is growing up without growing old.
Casey Stengel

Trick Translations

trick in Danish is kneb
trick in Dutch is aanwensel, hebbelijkheid
trick in Italian is trucco, furberia
trick in Latin is frustro
trick in Portuguese is truque
trick in Spanish is resabio, ma a, truco
trick in Swedish is konst, lura, fuffens, tilltag, spratt

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