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a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end<used every trick in the book to get out of appearing in the fashion show featuring clothes for teens>Synonymsartifice, device, dodge, gimmick, jig, ploy, scheme, sleight, stratagem, wileRelated Wordsbluff, deception, feint; fraud, hoax, swindle
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a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke<thought that gluing the silver dollar to the floor and watching him struggle to pick it up would be a good trick>— see prank
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a usual manner of behaving or doing<he's up to his usual tricks>— see habit
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an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness<itʼd be quite a trick to hit that target from here>— see feat 1
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an odd or peculiar habit<a dog with the trick of eating cabbage>— see idiosyncrasy
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