card trick
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2.8
- noun
- /kɑrd trɪk/
:
truco de cartas
- She practiced her card trick for hours to ensure it would wow her friends at the gathering.
- a good card trick
- perform a card trick
- practicing card tricks
And so I thought it would be interesting to do a card trick backwards.
- And so I thought it would be interesting to do a card trick backwards.
- Thanks, man, but you promised me a card trick.
- And they, he has me tell this story about the card trick.
- If you want to do card tricks outside of, you know, outside of supermarkets for people to make a couple of bucks for the rest of your life, then meth's great.
Examples
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At the party, he amazed everyone with his impressive card trick that made a chosen card appear from thin air.
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In a card trick, the magician fans out the cards and says, "Pick one."
Fiction book (1990) -
The crowd loves the card trick in Act 2.
Fiction book (1996) -
So, someone please ask me to see a card trick! Or do I have to wait till I hit 30?
Blog text (30) -
I used to practice card tricks and table magic 8 hours a day.
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Do you know any more card tricks?
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I was showing Brandon my latest card trick.
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I knew card tricks and went around with a deck demonstrating my magical skills.
Fiction book (1993) -
I hear you're pretty good with card tricks, Fitzwacker.
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Roy, 17, lugging a big suitcase, walks through and takes a seat near Mintz, who's doing card tricks for his own pleasure.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
255
2.3
A clever act that looks like magic and entertains people
52
4.2
A magic trick that makes something look impossible
29
2.7
A performance that looks impossible and surprises people
3
6.7
A simple magic trick to amuse people at a small party
1
4.9
A magic trick that seems to break natural rules to surprise and amuse people
How Impressive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a trick performed using playing cards' is directly and compositionally derived from 'card' (a playing card) + 'trick' (an illusion or deceptive feat), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the full meaning. This noun-noun compound is a transparent, cross-linguistically common pattern, making it readily understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Card trick comes from magicians who use a card and quick hand moves to hide, change, or find a chosen card, making a surprising trick. That's why it means 'a trick with playing cards'.