trick

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English trikke, from Old Northern French trique (related to Old French trichier (“to defraud, act dishonestly, conceal, deceive, cheat”); > modern French tricher), itself possibly from Middle High German trechen (“to launch a shot at, play a trick on”), or one of its derivatives (e.g. Middle High German ūftrechen (“to do something to someone, hurt someone”), vertrechen (“to conceal, get over on someone”), zuotrechen (“to obtain falsely or deceitfully, wangle, finagle”), etc.); yet the Old French verb is equally likely to be derived from Vulgar Latin *triccāre, from Late Latin tricāre, from Latin trīcor, trīcārī (“dodge, search for detours; haggle, quibble”). The term has been connected to Middle Dutch treck, trec (“draw, line, desire, game move, cord, stratagem, ruse, trick”), from Middle Dutch trekken, trēken (“to pull, place, put, move”), from Old Dutch *trekken, *trekan (“to move, drag”), from Proto-Germanic *trakjaną, *trekaną (“to drag, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”). If they are related, trick would be cognate with Low German trekken, Middle High German trecken, trechen, Danish trække, and Old Frisian trekka, Romanian truc and other Romance languages. Compare track, treachery, trig, and trigger. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪk/, [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪk], [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪk] Rhymes: -ɪk Hyphenation: trick === Noun === trick (plural tricks) Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle. A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick. An entertaining difficult physical action. An effective, clever or quick way of doing something. Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank. (dated) A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait. A knot, braid, or plait of hair. (card games) A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined. (slang, Canada, US) A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution. (slang) A customer or client of a prostitute. Synonyms: john; see also Thesaurus:prostitute's client (slang, vulgar) A term of abuse. (Western Pennsylvania) A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs. 1899, New York (State), Bureau of Statistics, Deptartment of Labor, Annual Report: Woodside Junction—On 8 hour basis, first trick $60, second trick $60, third trick $50. (nautical) A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long. (obsolete) A toy; a trifle; a plaything. (heraldry) A representation of arms that is drawn as an outline with labels to indicate colors. ==== Synonyms ==== (something designed to fool): artifice, con, gambit, ploy, rip-off, See also Thesaurus:deception (magic trick): illusion, magic trick, sleight of hand (entertaining difficult physical action): (daily period of work): shift ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === trick (third-person singular simple present tricks, present participle tricking, simple past and past participle tricked) (transitive) To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive. (heraldry) To draw (as contrasted with to blazon, which is to describe in words). To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out. To engage in prostitution or casual sex. 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure […] and suddenly it was Maryellin, he & I in the bed. The guy was tall, lean & hard. Absolutely lovely body. For me, it was like my old tricking days. ==== Synonyms ==== (to fool): con, dupe, fool, gull, have, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, rip off (to trick out): mod See also Thesaurus:deceive ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === trick (comparative tricker, superlative trickest) Involving trickery or deception. Able to perform tricks. Defective or unreliable. (chiefly US, slang) Stylish or cool. === References === “trick, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == Danish == === Etymology === From English trick. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtˢʁɛɡ̊] === Noun === trick (singular definite tricket, plural indefinite trickene) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. ==== Synonyms ==== kneb === Further reading === “trick” in Den Danske Ordbog