tricks (out)

verb

present tense third-person singular of trick (out)
as in pretties (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tricks (out)
  1. dresses up
  2. traps
  3. decks
  4. enriches
  5. drapes
  6. adorns
  7. graces
  8. decorates
Verb
  • This Amazon style has a similar polished pointed-toe design that not only dresses up your outfit but also elongates your legs.
    — Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
  • Allie dresses up as Jennifer Lopez—plunging green Versace dress and all.
    — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026
Definition of dresses up
Verb
  • This heat dome traps the smoke from faraway wildfires close to the ground, resulting in hot, humid, hazy, and ultimately unpleasant conditions.
    — Leon Imber, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • The heat dome — an atmospheric phenomenon that essentially traps hot air over a particular location — built in the West after the first heat wave of the summer began to bake the area last week.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 12 July 2026
Definition of traps
Verb
  • Its vessels would be sexy and sleek, cabins outfitted with red hammocks and decks child-free.
    — JP Brammer, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
  • The costuming, which decks its cast in traditional Polynesian attire, nails the transition between media, but the real humans of the film clash against the cartoonish designs of Hei Hei or the giant crab Tamatoa (Jemaine Clement).
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 8 July 2026
Definition of decks
Verb
  • Hayu, a global reality TV hub from NBCUniversal, enriches Sky's extensive catalogue.
    — John Archer, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • However, reading Homer’s epic probably enriches the experience of viewing The Odyssey and deepens your understanding of adaptation and artistic interpretation.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 16 July 2026
Definition of enriches
Verb
  • The dress is made from a light, airy material that drapes gorgeously over your body.
    — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2026
  • In one photo, Kate drapes an arm around George, who is now almost her height (the future king turns 13 later this month).
    — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of drapes
Verb
  • For the past two decades, Caneer has co-chaired an endowed swimming scholarship honoring his former coach, Dick Anderson, whose name also adorns the university’s swimming facility.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026
  • To be sure, the Russian space agency Roscosmos (like other space agencies) often adorns its rockets with colorful artwork and logos that may not necessarily result in payment.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of adorns
Verb
  • The backstory The hotel was founded in 1874 by the French chef Régis Cadier (whose name graces the swanky lobby bar) to give Stockholm a grand, continental-style hotel to rival other European centers of commerce and culture.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The actress and model first appeared in the magazine in 1996 at age 24 and now graces the pages of Playboy's Summer 2026 issue, which is on sale now.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of graces
Verb
  • The print decorates a semi-sheer collarless evening jacket, an ideal day-to-night piece, according to Brock.
    — Ari Stark, Footwear News, 22 July 2026
  • The painting that decorates the ceiling, Apollo Slaying the Serpent Python, was created by the artist Eugène Delacroix.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 22 July 2026
Definition of decorates
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“Tricks (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tricks%20%28out%29. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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