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
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
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.
Ingrid Bergman
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
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
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
Will Rogers
The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.
Chuck Palahniuk
The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.
Lee Iacocca
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
Jack the only trick I ever played on you was never tricking you at all.
Meg White
We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.
Ray Bradbury
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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