Trick - English meaning

noun

Clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others.

Usage examples:

An industry dominated by artifice

noun

(the use of) a clever trick or something intended to deceive

Usage examples:

Amazingly for hollywood, she seems almost entirely without artifice.

verb

Cheat or fool.

Usage examples:

He bamboozled canada's largest banks in a massive counterfeit scam

verb

To trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them

Usage examples:

She was bamboozled into telling them her credit card number.

verb

To trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them

Usage examples:

Don't get bamboozled by all the jargon., she was bamboozled into telling them her credit card number.

verb

Charm or enchant (someone), often in a deceptive way.

Usage examples:

He beguiled the voters with his good looks

verb

To charm, attract, or interest, sometimes in order to deceive

Usage examples:

I had to show i was not beguiled by his good looks., a beguiling smile

verb

To persuade, attract, or interest someone, sometimes in order to deceive them

Usage examples:

He was completely beguiled by her beauty., the salesman beguiled him into buying a car he didn't wa…

verb

Obtain or withhold money from (someone) unfairly or by deceit; cheat or defraud.

Usage examples:

An apparently benevolent elderly gentleman bilked me of twenty dollars

verb

To get money from someone unfairly or dishonestly

Usage examples:

He bilked clients out of tens of millions of dollars.

phrasal verb

Trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act

verb

To catch more balls than someone else in a sport such as baseball or cricket

Usage examples:

I loved being a catcher and thought there was nobody alive who could outcatch me., they didn't just…

adjective

Typical of a particular person, place, or thing.

Usage examples:

He began with a characteristic attack on extremism

noun

A feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify them.

Usage examples:

Certain defining characteristics of the school emerge from the study

noun

A typical or noticeable quality of someone or something

Usage examples:

Unfortunately a big nose is a family characteristic., sentimentality seems a characteristic of all …

verb

Act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage.

Usage examples:

She always cheats at cards

noun

A person who behaves dishonestly in order to gain an advantage.

Usage examples:

Athletes who abide by the rules are up against cheats with a distinct advantage.

verb

To act in a way that is dishonest, or to make someone believe something that is not true in order to get something for yourself

Usage examples:

[ t ] the insurance companies were found to be cheating consumers., [ t ] they got cheated out of t…

noun

The use of deception or subterfuge to achieve one's purpose.

Usage examples:

Storylines packed with political chicanery

noun

Dishonest but attractive talk or behavior that is used to deceive people

Usage examples:

The investigation has revealed political chicanery and corruption at the highest levels.

noun

Clever, dishonest talk or behaviour that is used to deceive people

Usage examples:

The investigation revealed political chicanery and corruption at the highest levels.

verb

Persuade (someone) to do or believe something by lying to them.

Usage examples:

I conned him into giving me your home number

noun

An instance of deceiving or tricking someone.

Usage examples:

The charter is a glossy public relations con

noun

A disadvantage of or argument against something.

Usage examples:

Borrowers have to weigh up the pros and cons of each mortgage offer

verb

Tell someone about a secret or private matter while trusting them not to repeat it to others.

Usage examples:

He confided his fears to his mother

verb

To tell something secret or personal to someone whom you trust not to tell anyone else

Usage examples:

[ i ] as sisters, they have always confided in each other., [ + that clause ] she confided that mos…

verb

To tell something secret or personal to someone who you trust not to tell anyone else

Usage examples:

[ + that ] he confided (to her) that his hair was not his own., [ + speech ] "my husband doesn't kn…

noun

The use of skill to create or bring about something, especially with a consequent effect of artificiality.

Usage examples:

The requirements of the system, by happy chance and some contrivance, can be summed up in an acronym

noun

The act of intentionally arranging for something to happen by clever planning, or something that is arranged in this way

Usage examples:

Because of the timing, i'm sure the salary freeze is a deliberate contrivance, not a coincidence., …

noun

A clever device or object that has been invented for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

We stay dry using an ingenious little contrivance called an umbrella.

noun

The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.

Usage examples:

A web of deceit

noun

Speech or behavior that keeps the truth hidden

Usage examples:

All we hear from them are lies and deceit., she just assumes that elected leaders are cynical and d…

noun

Dishonest or illegal methods used by a person or organization in order to get something or to make people believe that something is true when it is not

Usage examples:

The company filed a legal claim alleging deceit and breach of contract.

verb

Deliberately cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain.

Usage examples:

I didn't intend to deceive people into thinking it was french champagne

verb

To persuade someone that something false is the truth; trick or fool

Usage examples:

Some parents try to deceive school officials and enroll their children in other districts., we shou…

verb

To use dishonest or illegal methods to get something or to make people believe that something is true when it is not

Usage examples:

These were fraudulent transactions aimed at deceiving creditors and investors., intention/intent to…

noun

The action of deceiving someone.

Usage examples:

Obtaining property by deception

noun

The act of hiding the truth, especially to get an advantage

Usage examples:

He was found guilty of obtaining money by deception.

verb

Illegally obtain money from (someone) by deception.

Usage examples:

He used a second identity to defraud the bank of thousands of pounds

verb

To take or keep something illegally from someone by deceiving the person

Usage examples:

She is charged with defrauding the internal revenue service.

verb

To take money or goods illegally from someone by deceiving them

Usage examples:

Defraud sb of sth an architect and two surveyors defrauded a charity trust of £3.5m by invoicing it…

verb

Make (someone) believe something that is not true.

Usage examples:

Too many theorists have deluded the public

verb

To fool yourself into believing something is true because you want it to be true, when it is actually not true

Usage examples:

He’s deluding himself if he thinks he’s going to get that promotion.

verb

To make someone believe something that is not true

Usage examples:

Delude yourself he's deluding himself if he thinks he's going to be promoted this year., she has de…

noun

A thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment.

Usage examples:

A measuring device

noun

An object or machine that has been invented to fulfill a particular purpose

Usage examples:

A handheld device, a safety device, electronic/mechanical devices, he invented a device for measuri…

noun

An object or machine which has been invented for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

Biotech and medical devices, you should not use any personal electronic device, such as a cell phon…

verb

Cheat or swindle (someone) so as to deprive them of something.

Usage examples:

He thought he'd been diddled out of his change

verb

To get money from someone in a way that is not honest

Usage examples:

He diddled me! he said that there were six in a bag, but there were only five., i checked the bill …

verb

To work with something in a way that is not serious, or to play with something

Usage examples:

He diddled with the washing machine, but it still wouldn't work., i'm not much of a musician, i jus…

verb

Avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement.

Usage examples:

Marchers had to dodge missiles thrown by loyalists

noun

A sudden quick movement to avoid someone or something.

Usage examples:

A guard shot at me but with a quick dodge from my new agility i managed to avoid at it.

verb

A quick evasive movement

verb

To cheat or be dishonest to someone who trusted you

verb

To trick or cheat someone who trusts you, for example, a business partner

Usage examples:

After recent events in congress, both democrats and republicans felt they had been double-crossed b…

verb

Deceive; trick.

Usage examples:

The newspaper was duped into publishing an untrue story

noun

A victim of deception.

Usage examples:

Men who were simply the dupes of their unscrupulous leaders

verb

Make a duplicate or copy of.

Usage examples:

How to dupe 35 mm slides on to 35 mm film

noun

The quality of being eccentric.

Usage examples:

The eccentricity of his views

noun

The state of being eccentric

Usage examples:

His eccentricity now extends to never washing or changing his clothes., her eccentricities get stra…

noun

An eccentric action

Usage examples:

Her eccentricities get stranger by the day.

verb

Catch in or as in a trap.

Usage examples:

Discarded fishing lines can entrap wildlife

verb

To deceive someone into doing something wrong so that the person will be caught

Usage examples:

He claimed he was the victim of fbi entrapment.

verb

To cause someone to do something that they would not usually do, by unfair methods

Usage examples:

I firmly believe my son has been entrapped by this cult.

adjective

(of an action) convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral.

Usage examples:

Either side could break the agreement if it were expedient to do so

noun

A means of attaining an end, especially one that is convenient but possibly improper or immoral.

Usage examples:

The current policy is a political expedient

adjective

Helpful or useful in a particular situation, and without considering any moral question that might influence your decision

Usage examples:

We thought it expedient not to pay the builder until he finished the work., political expediency

noun

A minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character.

Usage examples:

They have to tolerate each other's little foibles

phrase

A minor weakness or peculiarity in someone's character

noun

A small fault or foolish habit

Usage examples:

We all have our little foibles.

noun

A person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person.

Usage examples:

I felt a bit of a fool

verb

Trick or deceive (someone); dupe.

Usage examples:

He fooled nightclub managers into believing he was a successful businessman

adjective

Foolish; silly.

Usage examples:

That damn fool waiter

noun

Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.

Usage examples:

He was convicted of fraud

noun

The crime of obtaining money or property by deceiving people

Usage examples:

Convicted of tax fraud, he was sentenced to two years in prison., he says he’s been everywhere and …

noun

The crime of getting money by tricking or deceiving people, or a crime of this type

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Serious/massive fraud we only investigate when there are sufficient grounds for believing serious f…

noun

A long-winged web-footed seabird with a raucous call, typically having white plumage with a grey or black mantle.

Usage examples:

I could go on and on about the many herons, egrets, gulls, terns, and various and sundry other spec…

verb

Fool or deceive (someone).

Usage examples:

He had been gulled into believing that the documents were authentic

noun

A person who is fooled or deceived.

Usage examples:

The title of this piece might seem to be no more than a comment on the ease with which the flats, m…

noun

A settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up.

Usage examples:

He has an annoying habit of interrupting me

verb

Be dressed or clothed.

Usage examples:

A boy habited as a serving lad

noun

A particular act or way of acting that you tend to do regularly

Usage examples:

[ u ] judy is in the habit of sleeping late on sundays., [ u ] i have the habit of checking my e-ma…

noun

A humorous or malicious deception.

Usage examples:

The evidence had been planted as part of an elaborate hoax

verb

Trick or deceive (someone).

Usage examples:

I now have reason to believe that in unraveling a hoax i was hoaxed myself.

noun

A plan to deceive someone, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is not one, or a trick

Usage examples:

The bomb threat turned out to be a hoax., hoax call he'd made a hoax call claiming to be the presid…

verb

Deceive or trick.

Usage examples:

Staff were hoodwinked into thinking the cucumber was a sawn-off shotgun

verb

To deceive or trick someone

Usage examples:

We were hoodwinked into believing that we had won a lot of money.

noun

A mode of behaviour or way of thought peculiar to an individual.

Usage examples:

One of his little idiosyncrasies was always preferring to be in the car first

noun

A strange or unusual habit, way of behaving, or feature that someone or something has

Usage examples:

Little idiosyncrasy she often cracks her knuckles when she's speaking - it's one of her little idio…

noun

A plot or scheme.

Usage examples:

But hollinghurst doesn't rely on tabloid-inspired plot machinations to keep the book's engine ticki…

noun

A habitual gesture or way of speaking or behaving.

Usage examples:

Learning the great man's speeches and studying his mannerisms

noun

Something that a person does repeatedly with the face, hands, or voice, esp. a habit that the person is not aware of

Usage examples:

We’ve spent so much time together that we’ve picked up each other’s mannerisms.

noun

Something that a person does repeatedly with their face, hands, or voice, and that they may not realize they are doing

Usage examples:

He's got some very strange mannerisms., we've spent so much time together that we've picked up each…

noun

A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.

Usage examples:

Snowboarders performed daring manoeuvres on precipitous slopes

verb

Move skilfully or carefully.

Usage examples:

The lorry was unable to manoeuvre comfortably in the narrow street

noun

A planned action that is intended to get an advantage

Usage examples:

This manoeuvre has the effect of rewarding those shareholders who sell at the expense of those who …

verb

Cause (someone) to have a wrong idea or impression.

Usage examples:

Fans believed they were misled about the reasons for the cancellation

verb

To cause someone to believe something that is not true

Usage examples:

We’re not misleading people, and we’re not pretending to be something we’re not.

verb

To cause someone to believe something that is not true

Usage examples:

The government has repeatedly misled the public, and we're here to protest., mislead sb about sth t…

verb

Go in a specified direction or manner; change position.

Usage examples:

She moved to the door

noun

A change of place, position, or state.

Usage examples:

She made a sudden move towards me

verb

Change location

verb

Evade (an opponent) by moving faster or with greater agility.

Usage examples:

The yf-22 can outmanoeuvre any fighter flying today

verb

To get an advantage over other people or companies, often by doing something that is clever or slightly dishonest

Usage examples:

By forming an alliance the two firms succeeded in outmaneuvering the market leader., be outmanoeuvr…

verb

Deceive by greater ingenuity.

Usage examples:

Ray had outwitted many an opponent

noun

A strange or unusual feature or habit.

Usage examples:

For all his peculiarities, she finds him quite endearing

noun

A cunning plan or action designed to turn a situation to one's own advantage.

Usage examples:

This was widely interpreted as a ploy to buy time in order to consolidate his position

noun

The actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method, as opposed to theories relating to it.

Usage examples:

The principles and practice of teaching

verb

Us spelling of practise.

verb

Perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to acquire, improve or maintain proficiency in it.

Usage examples:

I need to practise my french

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement towards oneself.

Usage examples:

He pulled them down on to the couch

noun

An act of pulling something.

Usage examples:

Give the hair a quick pull and it comes out by the roots

verb

Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion

idiom

To trick someone

Usage examples:

He'd tried to put one over on the tax office and got found out.

noun

A peculiar aspect of a person's character or behaviour.

Usage examples:

They accepted her attitude as one of her little quirks

verb

(with reference to a person's mouth or eyebrow) move or twist suddenly, especially to express surprise or amusement.

Usage examples:

His lips quirked disbelievingly

noun

An unusual habit or type of behavior, or something that is strange and unexpected

Usage examples:

A personality quirk, it’s just one of the quirks of living there., a quirky, offbeat sense of humor

noun

A gregarious eurasian crow with black plumage and a bare face, nesting in colonies in treetops.

Usage examples:

Birds - blackbirds and thrushes, robins, starlings, rooks and crows, jays, ducks, seagulls and owls…

verb

Defraud, overcharge, or swindle (someone).

Usage examples:

Police files are overflowing with complaints from people who've been rooked

noun

A chess piece, typically with its top in the shape of a battlement, that can move in any direction along a rank or file on which it stands. each player starts the game with two rooks at opposite ends of the first rank.

Usage examples:

With the rise in use of exchange sacrifices, rook versus minor piece endgames are becoming more com…

noun

An action intended to deceive someone; a trick.

Usage examples:

Emma tried to think of a ruse to get paul out of the house

proper noun

An industrial city and the principal port of bulgaria, on the river danube; population 156,959 (2008). turkish during the middle ages, it was captured by russia in 1877 and ceded to bulgaria.

noun

A large-scale systematic plan or arrangement for attaining a particular object or putting a particular idea into effect.

Usage examples:

The occupational sick pay scheme

verb

Make plans, especially in a devious way or with intent to do something illegal or wrong.

Usage examples:

Envious of their wealth, he schemed to bring about their downfall

noun

A plan for doing or organizing something

Usage examples:

The committee came up with a creative fundraising scheme., the yellow and white color scheme bright…

noun

A plan or scheme, especially one used to outwit an opponent or achieve an end.

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A series of devious stratagems

noun

A plan or trick to achieve something

Usage examples:

Barry devised several stratagems for escape.

noun

Deceit used in order to achieve one's goal.

Usage examples:

He had to use subterfuge and bluff on many occasions

noun

An action taken to hide something from someone

Usage examples:

[ u ] his excuse sounded more like subterfuge than a real reason.

verb

Use deception to deprive (someone) of money or possessions.

Usage examples:

A businessman swindled investors out of millions of pounds

noun

A fraudulent scheme or action.

Usage examples:

He is mixed up in a £10 million insurance swindle

verb

To cheat or trick someone in order to get money from them

Usage examples:

Swindle sb out of sth a web-based company swindled customers out of $15 million., victims of the sw…

phrasal verb

Provide with shelter

verb

To move something or someone from one place to another

Usage examples:

Please, take me with you!, it may rain, so take your umbrella., the suitcases were taken to madrid …

verb

To subtract one number or amount from another

Usage examples:

Take sth from sth you'll need to take $2,000 from the $8,000 to allow for tax., take sth/sb off (st…

noun

A distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person.

Usage examples:

The traditionally british trait of self-denigration

noun

The practice of deception.

Usage examples:

The dealer resorted to trickery

noun

A method, style, or manner of doing something; an optional or alternative form of action.

Usage examples:

I hated their way of cooking potatoes

adverb

At or to a considerable distance or extent; far (used before an adverb or preposition for emphasis).

Usage examples:

His understanding of what constitutes good writing is way off target

suffix

Equivalent to -ways.

noun

Devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants.

Usage examples:

She didn't employ any feminine wiles to capture his attention

verb

Lure; entice.

Usage examples:

She could be neither driven nor wiled into the parish kirk

adjective

Very bad; terrible.

Usage examples:

He was wile when he was young