Another word for trick
trick
n.
A deceit
wile, casuistry, fraud, deception, ruse, cheat, cover, feint, hoax, artifice, decoy, trap, stratagem, intrigue, fabrication, double-dealing, forgery, fake, illusion, invention, subterfuge, distortion, delusion, ambush, snare, blind, evasion, plot, equivocation, concealment, treachery, swindle, imposture, feigning, impersonation, dissimulation, duplicity, pretense, falsehood, falsification, perjury, disguise, conspiracy, machination, circumvention, quibble, trickery, conundrum, beguiling, chicane, chicanery, humbug, simulacrum, maneuver, sham, counterfeit, gyp*, touch*, phoney*, come-on*, fast one*, dodge*, plant*, clip*, sucker*, deal*, con game*, bluff*, shakedown*, sell-out*, con*, funny business*, dirty work*, crooked deal*, front*, fakeroo*, gimmick*, suck-in*; see also lie 1.
A prank
A practical method or expedient
A round of cards
trick is the common word for an action or device in which ingenuity and cunning are used to outwit others and implies deception either for fraudulent purposes or as a prank; ruse applies to that which is contrived as a blind for one's real intentions or for the truth her apparent illness was merely a ruse to gain time; a stratagem is a more or less complicated ruse, by means of which one attempts to outwit or entrap an enemy or antagonist military stratagems; maneuver, while specifically applicable to military tactics, in general use suggests the shrewd manipulation of persons or situations to suit one's purposes a political maneuver; artifice stresses inventiveness or ingenuity in the contrivance of an expedient, trick, etc. artifices employed to circumvent the tax laws; wile, often used in the plural, implies the use of allurements or beguilement to ensnare used all his wiles and cunning to close the deal
do<strong> or </strong>turn the trickachieve the desired result, attain success, accomplish; see succeed 1.
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Another word for trick
An indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end:
artifice, deception, device, dodge, feint, gimmick, imposture, jig, maneuver, ploy, ruse, sleight, stratagem, subterfuge, wile. (Informal) shenanigan, take-in. See honest, meansA mischievous act:
antic, caper, frolic, joke, lark, prank1. (Informal) shenanigan. (Slang) monkeyshine (often used in plural). See good, workThe proper method for doing, using, or handling something:
feel, knack. (Informal) hang. See abilityA clever, dexterous act:
feat, stunt. See ability, excite, goodA limited, often assigned period of activity, duty, or opportunity:
bout, go, hitch, inning (often used in plural), shift, spell3, stint, stretch, time, tour, turn, watch. See time
To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation:
beguile, betray, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, fool, hoodwink, humbug, mislead, take in. (Informal) bamboozle, have. (Slang) four-flush. Idioms: lead astray, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, put something over on, take for a ride. See honest
- (Informal)
To dress in formal or special clothing:
array, attire, deck2 (out), dress up, prank2. (Slang) doll up. See order, plain, put on
So weak or defective as to be liable to fail:
undependable, unreliable. See strong
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