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trick
n. (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner
trick
n. a period of work or duty
trick
n. an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent; "that offer was a dirty trick"
trick, fast one
n. a cunning or deceitful action or device; "he played a trick on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it"
whoremaster, whoremonger, john, trick
n. a prostitute's customer
magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion, deception
n. an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
Verbs (8)
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flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on
v. deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"
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Fuzzynyms (105)
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feat, effort, exploit
n. a notable achievement; "he performed a great feat"; "the book was her finest effort"
stunt
n. a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth
crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer
n. a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan
n. reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan
n. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam
n. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
n. the act of deceiving
fraud
n. intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
heist, rip-off
n. the act of stealing
maneuver, manoeuvre, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre
n. a move made to gain a tactical end
ruse, artifice
n. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
intrigue
n. a clandestine love affair
ploy, gambit, stratagem
n. a maneuver in a game or conversation
tactic, tactics, maneuver, manoeuvre
n. a plan for attaining a particular goal
feint
n. any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack)
trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan
n. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on
n. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
fabrication, fiction, fable
n. a deliberately false or improbable account
copy
n. a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing; "she made a copy of the designer dress"; "the clone was a copy of its ancestor"
juke, fake
n. (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
subterfuge, blind
n. something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"
juggle, beguile, hoodwink
v. influence by slyness
wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle
v. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"
entice, lure, tempt
v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"
flatter, blandish
v. praise somewhat dishonestly
seduce
v. lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct; "She was seduced by the temptation of easy money and started to work in a massage parlor"
make, pretend, make believe
v. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"
outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent
v. beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
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