trick
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3.0
- noun
- /trɪk/
- The trick is to not let them know what you're doing.
- dirty tricks
- an old trick
- a rhetorical trick
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Watch on YouTubeIt's basically a manipulative trick to maintain the status quo.
- It's basically a manipulative trick to maintain the status quo.
- Or you don't fall for the same old tricks and defend yourself.
- So they'll use that kind of trick against you.
- Wait a minute, marriage, cheap tricks, cheap marriage for it life hack.
Examples
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I know all their tricks and I will tell you they're good.
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And the devil's main trick is to create fear.
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It's not a trick question.
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There are no trick questions.
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Is that a trick question?
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How many of these embedded tricks did your students pick up on?
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It's basically a manipulative trick to maintain the status quo.
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It is a good trick, isn't it?
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He used a clever trick to win the card game against his friends.
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The magician performed an amazing trick that left the audience in awe.
Synonyms
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2.1
To trick someone into believing something that is not true
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1.2
To act dishonestly to gain an unfair advantage
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3.9
To make someone believe something that is not true to get an advantage
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3.9
An action that makes someone believe something not true
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7.3
To trick someone into giving their money or things
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4.6
Dishonest action meant to trick someone
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7.7
A clever trick to deceive someone
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3.0
To make someone believe something that is not true as a joke
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4.9
To use dishonest ways to cheat people
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8.2
A clever trick used to cheat someone
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9.3
A trick used to cheat people, often to get their money
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8.3
To trick someone in a clever way so they do not notice
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8.3
To trick someone by pretending you want to help them
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2.8
To fool someone as a joke
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8.1
A clever trick that deceives people or hides the truth
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6.0
Pretend to be a person or website online to trick people
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9.3
Tricks people use to deceive others to get money or advantage
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6.6
A dishonest trick that cheats people out of their money
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7.8
To make someone believe something that is not true
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4.8
Change facts or numbers to hide the truth
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9.5
To trick someone by using clever talk
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4.5
To trick people into believing something false
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9.5
A dishonest trick someone uses to get an advantage
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9.9
A trick done to cheat or fool people
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5.0
A clever way to trick someone to get what you want
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9.9
To trick someone to take their money or things
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9.9
Dishonest actions that try to trick people
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6.6
A dishonest plan to gain someone's trust and then take their money or things
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7.7
To trick someone to get their money
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6.3
A clever but dishonest plan to gain an advantage
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9.9
Tricky or dishonest actions used to confuse people and gain advantage
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8.8
To trick someone as a joke
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9.9
Tricks that fool people to gain an advantage
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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4.6
All possible methods someone uses to get something, often using clever or dishonest actions
Compounds
- Baby Talk
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2.5
An activity where children go from house to house asking for sweets on Halloween
- Informal
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8.7
A clever, hidden way to persuade someone by making them think or feel differently
How Deceptive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Trick has long meant a deceptive 'move' used to fool someone. So to call something a trick is to say it was done to mislead or cheat.