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# trick

noun (a trick, tricks); verb (trick, tricks, tricked, tricking); adjective (a trick question)

«trick» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Something done to fool or cheat someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trick/#m1)
2. A clever or funny action that needs skill: a magic trick, a skateboard trick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trick/#m2)
3. A clever way of doing something: a trick for remembering. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trick/#m3)
4. A joke played on someone: play a trick on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trick/#m4)
5. Verb: to make someone believe something false. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trick/#m5)

### In the lessons

In truth and safety lessons: tricky people use tricks to get children to go with them (asking for help with a lost puppy, offering sweets) — say no and tell an adult; online tricks ask for passwords. In stories tricks are played by clever characters (fox, Anansi). In maths: a trick question has a catch; tricks help mental maths (to multiply by 10 add a zero). Phrases: play a trick on, trick or treat, magic trick, do the trick, trick question, tricky.

### Examples

- He did a magic trick with a coin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trick/#x1)
- The fox tricked the crow into dropping the cheese. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trick/#x2)
- It was a trick question! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trick/#x3)
- We went trick-or-treating on Halloween. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trick/#x4)
- A stranger might use a trick like «help me find my puppy» — say no and tell an adult. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trick/#x5)
- My dog can do tricks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trick/#x6)
- Here's a trick to remember the planets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trick/#x7)
- A cold flannel did the trick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trick/#x8)
- So the Farmer hit on a trick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trick/#x9)

### Note

Regular verb: tricked. «Tricky» means difficult or full of tricks. «Do the trick» = solve the problem. A trick is fun only when nobody is hurt or fooled about something important.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «trick» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trick/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«trick» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/trick.html) on Mova free.