trick

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: trick

1	n v	a cunning or deceitful action or device deceive somebody
2	n	(card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner
3	n	a prostitute's customer
4	n	a period of work or duty

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: trick

“he played a trick on me”

Types:: schtick, schtik, shtick, shtik
(Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating

Synonyms:: conjuration, conjuring trick, deception, illusion, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy

Types:: card trick
a trick performed with playing cards; prestidigitation, sleight of hand
manual dexterity in the execution of tricks

Type of:: performance
the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment

“that offer was a dirty trick”

Type of:: dishonesty, knavery
lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; dirty trick
an unkind or aggressive trick; practical joke
a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish); April fool
a practical joke or trick played on the first day of April; hotfoot
a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it; rag
a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students); snipe hunt
an elaborate practical joke in which the unsuspecting victim hunts a snipe and is typically left in the dark holding a bag and waiting for the snipe to run into it

Type of:: diversion, recreation
an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates

“We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week”

Synonyms:: flim-flam, fob, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on

Type of:: play, turn
(game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession

Type of:: duty period, shift, work shift
the time period during which you are at work

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