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as in ruse
a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end
her husband used every trick in the book to get out of appearing in his parish's fashion show
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as in prank
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
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as in ritual
a usual manner of behaving or doing
that deadbeat is up to his usual tricks: once again he's claiming the check is in the mail
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as in feat
an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness
it'd be quite a trick to hit that target from here
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as in trait
an odd or peculiar habit
a dog with the trick of eating cabbage
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as in to deceive
to cause to believe what is untrue
you tricked me into thinking my ex wasn't coming to the party tonight
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as in tricky
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Recent Examples of trick
Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
Equal to Tesfaye’s navel-gazing, Shults uses every trick in the music-video playbook to conjure a vivid, ultra-saturated but not quite realistic universe where the Weeknd is a brightly burning sun everyone revolves around.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 15 May 2025
Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 8 May 2025
The buyer says the local developer tricked it into thinking the lease with Regis was a triple net and that the 33,000-square-foot building was in good condition.
—Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 5 May 2025
Telis Demos, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2022
If the high cost of it all is more trick than treat for you, here are several ways to turn your already smart home into a spook-tacularly genius haunted house.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2021
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Noun
But the boa’s elusiveness isn’t just a trick of light.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
Equal to Tesfaye’s navel-gazing, Shults uses every trick in the music-video playbook to conjure a vivid, ultra-saturated but not quite realistic universe where the Weeknd is a brightly burning sun everyone revolves around.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 15 May 2025
Verb
In the case of carrion mimicry, however, plants are generally tricking their insect visitors.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 8 May 2025
The buyer says the local developer tricked it into thinking the lease with Regis was a triple net and that the 33,000-square-foot building was in good condition.
—Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 5 May 2025
Adjective
As Halloween approaches, investors seem fearful that good credit performance may be more trick than treat.
—Telis Demos, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2022
If the high cost of it all is more trick than treat for you, here are several ways to turn your already smart home into a spook-tacularly genius haunted house.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trick
Noun
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Can Charity, who is not exactly mentally stable, maintain the ruse forever?—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
2 May 2025
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Despite multiple interviews, background checks, and reference calls, the ruse held until malware activity triggered an alert.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The abysmal prank — which ran over several toe-curling episodes — became emblematic of a season that couldn’t get off the ground.—
Louis Staples,
Rolling Stone,
13 May 2025
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According to Gothamist, which spoke with a Collegiate faculty member who wished to remain anonymous, this year's senior prank — a tradition at the Upper West Side school in Manhattan — mimicked a border patrol checkpoint, offending several students, teachers and administrators.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
6 May 2025
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In each iteration, the body of the deceased was pulled by livestock or carried by boat while mourners performed rituals to honor their lives and, in some cultures, to encourage safe passage for the spirit into the afterlife.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
10 May 2025
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Generations pass, cultures overlap, and trends evolve, but the sanctity of beauty rituals for and by ourselves remain.—
Cierra Black,
Essence,
9 May 2025
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Other Yankees to accomplish the feat include Tom Tresh, Roy White and Mark Teixeira, who actually did it two other times with two other teams.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2025
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The feat now ties them with Blur, Kasabian, Barbara Streisand, George Michael, Muse, The Prodigy and Paul McCartney (solo) on the all-time list of acts who have landed seven No. 1s.—
Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
9 May 2025
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Powered by Adelaide, Forbes AI Psychological safety, defined by McKinsey as the absence of interpersonal fear, is often cited as a defining trait of high-performing, innovative teams.—
Cynthia Pong,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Wirtz is focused more on the micro, with delicate touches and deft flicks, compared to Szoboszlai’s macro traits of energy and power.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
Verb
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That hasn’t stopped Liverpool using him to distract and deceive opponents when free kicks are won, however.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
8 May 2025
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She was also found guilty of deceiving other officials about the man's identity.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 May 2025
Adjective
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But injuries can be tricky, and this is the first major one that the star forward has dealt with.—
Matt Levine,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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For the hazards of the tricky pedestrian crossings.—
Michael Peregrine,
Chicago Tribune,
18 May 2025
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In 2021 and 2022, Robinson received about $76,000 through the bogus billing scheme, according to prosecutors.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2025
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Hometown’s stock price rose by more than 900% during the scheme.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
13 May 2025
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“Trick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trick. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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