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trick

125 3.0

A round in a card game where each player plays one card and the highest card wins

noun
/trɪk/

Jargon

: baza

At the end of the round, he counted the tricks he had won throughout the game.

Examples

During the last round, she cleverly played her ace and secured the trick.
The trick is to get rid of all the cards in your hand, all right?

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
It's like when you've played a card trick on your kid brother and want him to figure it out.

Fiction book (1994)
Card tricks?

The Negotiator (1998)
Du Maurier herself displays gamesmanship in juxtaposing the trick-taking game Bridge with the games.

Academic text (2016)
In the game of Hearts, the player who wins the highest card takes the trick.

Idioms

to do the trick

Informal

80 3.7

To get the result you want

trick in the book

Informal

13 4.3

A clever or dishonest way people use to get something they want

to turn a trick

NSFW

11 9.9

To have sex with a customer for money

trick up (one's) sleeve

Informal

4 6.5

A secret plan kept to use as a surprise when needed

every trick in the book

Informal

3 4.6

All possible methods someone uses to get something, often using clever or dishonest actions

trick in one's hip pocket

Informal

8.2

A secret plan kept to use later when you need it

Compounds

magic trick

29 2.7

A performance that looks impossible and surprises people

trick question

18 5.3

A question that tries to confuse you with a surprising answer

dirty trick

11 4.9

An unfair action meant to harm or cheat someone

card trick

9 2.8

A trick that uses playing cards to entertain people

hat trick

9 3.7

Three scores by one player in the same game, for example three goals

trick or treat

Baby Talk

8 2.5

An activity where children go from house to house asking for sweets on Halloween

one-trick pony

Offensive

4 6.0

A person or thing with only one skill

parlour trick

3 6.7

A simple magic trick to amuse people at a small party

mean trick

Informal

1 5.4

An action that hurts or deceives someone on purpose

confidence trick

1 6.6

A dishonest plan to gain someone's trust and then take their money or things

conjuring trick

1 4.9

A magic trick that seems to break natural rules to surprise and amuse people

Jedi mind trick

Informal

8.7

A clever, hidden way to persuade someone by making them think or feel differently

Surface Forms

trick singular

tricks plural

Etymology

Trick comes from an old idea of a quick 'move' or 'turn'. In card games a trick is one round where each player plays a card, so it is the players' shared 'move' and the one who wins that move takes the trick.