trick

Meanings

• a cunning or deceitful action or device
  • "he played a trick on me"
• a period of work or duty
• an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent
  • "that offer was a dirty trick"
• a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
• an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
• a prostitute's customer
• (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner
• deceive somebody
  • "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"

Synonyms

antic, caper, conjuration, conjuring trick, deception, fast one, flim-flam, fob, fox, illusion, john, joke, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, prank, pull a fast one on, put-on, thaumaturgy, whoremaster, whoremonger