Trick | Mean of trick in English Dictionary

/ˈtrɪk/

• Noun
• an action that is meant to deceive someone
1. It was a trick to persuade her to give him money.
2. That was a dirty/mean/rotten trick. [=an unkind or unfair thing to do]
• something done to surprise or confuse someone and to make other people laugh
1. He played a trick on me. [=he tricked me]
2. She enjoys playing tricks on her friends.
• a clever and skillful action that someone performs to entertain or amuse people
1. For his last trick, the magician made a rabbit disappear.
2. magic/card/circus tricks

• a clever and effective way of doing something
1. I know a good trick for removing stains from clothes.
2. He knows a lot of useful programming tricks.
3. a handy trick for remembering names
4. He has a lot of experience with gardening, so he should be able to show/teach us a trick or two. [=he should be able to give us good advice about gardening]
• something that causes confusion or that makes something seem different from what it actually is
1. He was so tired his mind was playing tricks on him. [=he could not think clearly]
2. The paint looked blue, but it was just a trick of the light. [=the light made the paint appear blue even though it was a different color]
• the cards that are played in one round of a card game
1. She has won the last three tricks.
• a sex act performed by a prostitute
1. She was living on the street and turning tricks [=taking money for sex] to survive.
• to produce a desired result
1. One small adjustment will do the trick.
• to notice everything
1. He never misses a trick.
• Verb
• to deceive (someone)
1. He tricked her by wearing a disguise.
• to use a trick to make (someone or something) do (something)
1. He was tricked into buying the car. [=he bought the car because he was deceived]
• to dress (someone or yourself) in an unusual way
1. She was tricked out in a horrible, brightly colored costume.
• to decorate (something)
1. The room was tricked out with ribbons and streamers.
• to use a trick to get (something) from (someone)
1. She was tricked out of [=cheated out of] her savings.
• using methods that are meant to deceive someone
1. trick photography [=photography that uses special methods to make things that are not real seem to be real]
2. a trick question [=a deceptive question that is intended to make you give an answer that is not correct or that causes trouble for you]
• done in a clever or entertaining way
1. a trick shot in pool
• weak and tending to fail suddenly
1. He has a trick knee.