<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.</li><li>Synonyms: deception.</li><li>An optical illusion: It must have been some visual trick caused by the flickering candlelight.</li><li>A roguish or mischievous act; practical joke; prank: She likes to play tricks on her friends.</li><li>A mean, foolish, or childish action.</li><li>A clever or ingenious device or expedient; adroit technique: the tricks of the trade.</li><li>The art or knack of doing something skillfully: You seem to have mastered the trick of making others laugh.</li><li>A clever or dexterous feat intended to entertain, amuse, etc.: He taught his dog some amazing tricks.</li><li>A feat of magic or legerdemain: card tricks.</li><li>A behavioral peculiarity; trait; habit; mannerism.</li><li>A period of duty or turn; stint; tour of duty: I relieved the pilot after he had completed his trick at the wheel.</li><li>Cards: the group or set of cards played and won in one round.</li><li>A point or scoring unit.</li><li>A card that is a potential winner.</li><li>Compare honor trick.</li><li>Informal: a child or young girl; a pretty little trick.</li><li>Slang: a prostitute's customer.</li><li>A sexual act between a prostitute and a customer.</li><li>Heraldry: a preliminary sketch of a coat of arms.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Of, pertaining to, characterized by, or involving tricks: trick shooting.</li><li>Designed or used for tricks: a trick chair.</li><li>(Of a joint) inclined to stiffen or weaken suddenly and unexpectedly: a trick shoulder.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(Used with object) to deceive by trickery.</li><li>Heraldry: to indicate the tinctures of (a coat of arms) with engravers tricks.</li><li>To cheat or swindle (usually followed by out of): to trick someone out of an inheritance.</li><li>To beguile by trickery (usually followed by into).</li><li>(Used without object) to practice trickery or deception; cheat.</li><li>To play tricks; trifle (usually followed by with).</li><li>Slang: to engage in sexual acts for hire.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>Informal: to embellish or adorn with or as if with ornaments or other attention-getting devices.</li></ul>