trick

1. noun

1)

he's capable of any mean trick

their clever little trick cost us $500

Syn:

stratagem, ploy, ruse, scheme, device, maneuver, contrivance, machination, artifice, wile, dodge; deceit, deception, trickery, subterfuge, chicanery, swindle, hoax, fraud, confidence trick; informal con, setup, rip-off, game, scam, sting, flimflam, bunco; archaic shift, fetch, rig

2)

I think she's playing a trick on us

Syn:

practical joke, joke, prank, jape, spoof, gag, put-on

3)

conjuring tricks

Syn:

feat, stunt; (tricks) sleight of hand, legerdemain, prestidigitation; magic

4) (tricks)

the tricks of the trade

Syn:

knack, art, skills, techniques; secrets, shortcuts

2. verb

many people have been tricked by con artists with fake IDs

- do the trick

- trick of the light

Syn:

deceive, delude, hoodwink, mislead, take in, dupe, fool, double-cross, cheat, defraud, swindle, gull, hoax, bamboozle, entrap; informal con, bilk, diddle, rook, put one over on, pull a fast one on, pull the wool over someone's eyes, take for a ride, shaft, flimflam, sucker, snooker; literary cozen, illude; archaic chicane