trick

trick
1. adjective /trɪk/
Something that is unusually stylish or cool.

Wow, your new sportscar is so trick.

2. noun /trɪk/
a) Something designed to fool or swindle.

It was just a trick to say that the house was underpriced.

b) A single piece (or business) of a magicians (or any variety entertainers) act.

And for my next trick, I will pull a wombat out of a duffel bag.

3. verb /trɪk/
a) To fool; to cause to believe something untrue.

You tried to trick me when you said that house was underpriced.

b) to trick out; to mod or customize an object, typically for the purpose of both personalization as well as enhancing the objects performance capabilities and more particularly for the purpose of performing stunts with that object.

His friends were particularly impressed with the way he tricked out his .

Syn: con, dupe, fool, gull, have, hoodwink, pull the wool over the eyes, rip off, mod

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  • trick — ou tric [ trik ] n. m. • 1773; angl. trick « ruse, stratagème », du norm. trikier (→ tricher) ♦ Jeu Au whist, au bridge, La septième levée, qui est la première (après le « devoir ») à compter un point. ⊗ HOM. Trique. ● trick nom masculin (mot… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • trick — [trik] n. [ME trik < NormFr trique < trikier < OFr trichier, to trick, cheat, prob. < VL * triccare, altered < ? LL tricare, to deceive, for L tricari, to make trouble < tricae, vexations, tricks < IE * treik < base * ter …   English World dictionary

  • Trick 77 — Trick 17 wird im Sprachgebrauch als Beschreibung eines Lösungweges bei Problemen verwandt. Einerseits werden damit Lösungwege bezeichnet, die originell oder ungewöhnlich sind. Eine solche Lösung kann jedoch nur bei Erfolg Trick 17 genannt werden …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Trick — Trick, n. [D. trek a pull, or drawing, a trick, trekken to draw; akin to LG. trekken, MHG. trecken, trechen, Dan. tr[ae]kke, and OFries. trekka. Cf. {Track}, {Trachery}, {Trig}, a., {Trigger}.] 1. An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Trick 17 — wird im Sprachgebrauch als Beschreibung eines Lösungsweges bei Problemen verwendet. Einerseits werden damit Lösungswege bezeichnet, die originell oder ungewöhnlich sind. Eine solche Lösung kann jedoch nur bei Erfolg Trick 17 genannt werden, da… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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