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trick
noun
verb
A cunning or deceitful action or device
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tɹɪk
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noun
A cunning or deceitful action or device
“He played a trick on me”
noun
A period of work or duty
noun
An attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent
“That offer was a dirty trick”
noun
A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
noun
An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
noun
A prostitute's customer
noun
(card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner
verb
Deceive somebody
“We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week”
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He played a trick on me
He pulled a fast one and got away with it
That offer was a dirty trick
We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week
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