trick

Etymology
From, from (related to 🇨🇬; > modern 🇨🇬), itself possibly from , or one of its derivatives (e.g. , , , etc.); yet the Old French verb is equally likely to be derived from , from , from.

The term has been connected to, , from , , from 🇨🇬, , from , , from. If they are related, trick would be cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and other Romance languages.

Compare, , , and.

Noun

 * 1) Something designed to fool or swindle.
 * 2) A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
 * 3) An entertaining difficult physical action.
 * 4) An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
 * 5) Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
 * 6)  A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait.
 * 7) A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
 * 8)  A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
 * 9)  A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.
 * 10)  A customer or client of a prostitute.
 * 11)  A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
 * 12) * 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.
 * 1)  A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
 * 2)  A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
 * 3)  A representation of arms that is drawn as an outline with labels to indicate colors.
 * 1) A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
 * 2)  A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
 * 3)  A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.
 * 4)  A customer or client of a prostitute.
 * 5)  A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
 * 6) * 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.
 * 1)  A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
 * 2)  A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
 * 3)  A representation of arms that is drawn as an outline with labels to indicate colors.
 * 1)  A customer or client of a prostitute.
 * 2)  A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
 * 3) * 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.
 * 1)  A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
 * 2)  A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
 * 3)  A representation of arms that is drawn as an outline with labels to indicate colors.
 * 1)  A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1)  A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
 * 2)  A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
 * 3)  A representation of arms that is drawn as an outline with labels to indicate colors.
 * 1)  A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
 * 2)  A representation of arms that is drawn as an outline with labels to indicate colors.
 * 1)  A representation of arms that is drawn as an outline with labels to indicate colors.
 * 1)  A representation of arms that is drawn as an outline with labels to indicate colors.

Synonyms

 * ,, , , , See also Thesaurus:deception

Translations

 * Azerbaijani:, , kələk, telə
 * Basque: azerikeria
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Danish: trick, knep
 * Esperanto: truko
 * Estonian:, , trikk
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: truco, artimaña,
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: δόλος, πανούργημα
 * Hebrew:, ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian: inbroglio
 * Japanese: 欺き,
 * Latin: dolus, sūtēla, captiō
 * Macedonian: и́трина, фи́нта, и́змама
 * Norman: farche
 * Norwegian: trick,, ,
 * Ottoman Turkish: اویون
 * Persian:, ,
 * Plautdietsch: Faks
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cleas,
 * Spanish:, , engañifa, , , cancamusa , candonga
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Welsh: tric
 * Yiddish: קונץ


 * Azerbaijani: fokus
 * Belarusian: фо́кус, трук
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: trick
 * Esperanto: truko
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: truco
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin: praestīgiae
 * Macedonian: трик
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cleas
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, trolleritrick, ,
 * Telugu:, ఇంద్రజాలం
 * Turkish:, sihir numarası, sihirbaz numarası, sihirbazlık numarası
 * Ukrainian: фо́кус, трюк
 * Welsh: tric
 * Yiddish: טריק, קונץ


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: trick, fidus, kneb
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Javanese: upaya
 * Latin: astus, stropha, techina
 * Macedonian: трик, фи́нта, штос
 * Middle English: sleighte
 * Ottoman Turkish: صنعت
 * Plautdietsch: Faks
 * Polish:, , , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh: tric


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:
 * German: übler Scherz, übler Streich
 * Ingrian: koirus, pilla
 * Macedonian: ше́га, ма́јтап, штос
 * Ottoman Turkish: اویون
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: pranc,, cestyn, rhosb
 * Yiddish: שפּיצל


 * Bulgarian: взя́тка
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: לְקִיחָה
 * Hungarian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: vaza
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: tric


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: вахта на руля
 * Finnish: ruorivuoro
 * French:
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.
 * 2)  To draw (as contrasted with to blazon, which is to describe in words).
 * 3) To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out.
 * 4) To engage in prostitution or casual sex.
 * 5) * 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.
 * 1) To engage in prostitution or casual sex.
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1) To engage in prostitution or casual sex.
 * 2) * 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.
 * 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

 * See also Thesaurus:deceive
 * See also Thesaurus:deceive
 * See also Thesaurus:deceive

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:, , ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: lure, narre
 * Dutch:, , , ,
 * Esperanto:, trompi
 * Finnish:, , , , ,
 * French:, , ,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:, , ,
 * Hebrew:, עבד על,
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Italian:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ھەڵخەڵەتاندن, فێڵ کردن
 * Latin: dolum faciō
 * Macedonian: и́змами
 * Malay:, perdaya
 * Maori: whakangaio
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , , , , , ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: обма́нювати, обману́ти, обду́рювати, обдури́ти
 * Vietnamese: ,

Adjective

 * 1) Involving trickery or deception.
 * 2) Able to perform tricks.
 * 3) Defective or unreliable.
 * 4)  Stylish or cool.
 * 1) Defective or unreliable.
 * 2)  Stylish or cool.
 * 1)  Stylish or cool.

Etymology
From.