Idioms for trick
do/turn the trick,
to achieve the desired effect or result: Another turn of the pliers should do the trick.
turn a trick, Slang.
(of a prostitute) to engage in a sexual act with a customer.
Origin of trick
1375–1425; late Middle English
trik (noun) < Old North French
trique deceit, derivative of
trikier to deceive < Vulgar Latin
*triccāre, for Latin
trīcārī to play tricks
synonym study for trick
1.
Trick ,
artifice ,
ruse ,
stratagem ,
wile are terms for crafty or cunning devices that are intended to deceive.
Trick , the general term, refers usually to an underhanded act designed to cheat someone, but it sometimes refers merely to a pleasurable deceiving of the senses:
to win by a trick. Like
trick , but to a greater degree,
artifice emphasizes the cleverness, ingenuity, or cunning with which the proceeding is devised:
an artifice of diabolical ingenuity.
Ruse and
stratagem emphasize the purpose for which the trick is designed;
ruse is the more general term of the two, and
stratagem sometimes implies a more elaborate procedure or a military application:
He gained entrance by a ruse. His stratagem gave them command of the hill. W
ile emphasizes the disarming effect of the trick upon those who are deceived:
His wiles charmed them into trusting him.
18. See
cheat.
OTHER WORDS FROM trick
trick·er, noun trick·ing·ly, adverb out·trick, verb (used with object) un·tricked, adjectiveWords nearby trick
Example sentences from the Web for tricked
British Dictionary definitions for tricked
trick
/ (trɪk) /
noun
verb
to defraud, deceive, or cheat (someone), esp by means of a trick
Derived forms of trick
tricker, noun trickless, adjectiveWord Origin for trick
C15: from Old Northern French
trique, from
trikier to deceive, from Old French
trichier, ultimately from Latin
trīcārī to play tricks
Idioms and Phrases with tricked
trick