tricks
技巧,窍门,诀窍,伎俩
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Definitions
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- : a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- : an optical illusion: It must have been some visual trick caused by the flickering candlelight.
- : a roguish or mischievous act; practical joke; prank: She likes to play tricks on her friends.
- : a mean, foolish, or childish action.
- : a clever or ingenious device or expedient; adroit technique: the tricks of the trade.
- : the art or knack of doing something skillfully: You seem to have mastered the trick of making others laugh.
- : a clever or dexterous feat intended to entertain, amuse, etc.: He taught his dog some amazing tricks.
- : a feat of magic or legerdemain: card tricks.
- : a behavioral peculiarity; trait; habit; mannerism.
- : a period of duty or turn; stint; tour of duty: I relieved the pilot after he had completed his trick at the wheel.
- : Cards. the group or set of cards played and won in one round.a point or scoring unit.a card that is a potential winner.Compare honor trick.
- : Informal. a child or young girl: a pretty little trick.
- : Slang. a prostitute's customer.a sexual act between a prostitute and a customer.
- : Heraldry. a preliminary sketch of a coat of arms.engraver's trick.
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- : of, pertaining to, characterized by, or involving tricks: trick shooting.
- : designed or used for tricks: a trick chair.
- : inclined to stiffen or weaken suddenly and unexpectedly: a trick shoulder.
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- : to deceive by trickery.
- : Heraldry. to indicate the tinctures of with engravers tricks.
- : to cheat or swindle: to trick someone out of an inheritance.
- : to beguile by trickery.
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- : to practice trickery or deception; cheat.
- : to play tricks; trifle.
- : Slang. to engage in sexual acts for hire.
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- : trick out, Informal. to embellish or adorn with or as if with ornaments or other attention-getting devices.
Phrases
- tricks of the trade
- trick or treat
- trick out
- bag of tricks
- confidence game (trick)
- dirty tricks
- do the trick
- hat trick
- how's tricks
- not miss a trick
- teach an old dog new tricks
- that does it (the trick)
- turn a trick
- up to one's old tricks
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
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To give the games some semblance of normalcy—for the players and for fans—the NBA is using every technical trick it can muster.
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That idea is often invoked in regards to the tricks memory plays, but I wonder how it might come into play in other ways.
And when that happens, one “alpha dog” will run the show, usually the oldest, most experienced performer, who “knows more tricks.”
For Republicans, the 2016 cycle will show us whether old dogs have learned new tricks.
Thus it seems likely that instead of striking a new tone of moderation, the new GOP Congress will return to its old tricks.
“She showed him all the tricks of the trade,” Richardson said.
One of the simplest of these childish tricks is the invention of an excuse for not instantly obeying a command, as "Come here!"
I shall only be away for six months; you know I have made up my mind to get rid of the whole bag of tricks.
Every few days after that the boy took Squinty out of his pen, and let him do the rope-jumping and the acorn-hunting tricks.
And from then on the comical little pig learned many tricks.
These scientists have worked miracles before which those of the ancient priests and magicians are mere tricks of hanky-panky.