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1. A cunning or deceitful action or device
   "he played a trick on me"
   - fast one
    
2. A period of work or duty
    
3. An attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent
   "that offer was a dirty trick"
    
4. A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
   - antic, joke, prank, caper, put-on, dido [N. Amer]
    
5. An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
   - magic trick, conjuring trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion, deception
    
6. A prostitute's customer
   - john
    
7. (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner

1. Deceive somebody
   "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"; "We played tricks the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"; "We played a trick on the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"
   - flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on, sucker [N. Amer]

Derived forms: tricked, tricking, tricks

See also: trickery, trickster, tricksy

Type of: client, cozen, customer, deceive, delude, device, dishonesty, diversion, duty period, gimmick, knavery, lead on, performance, play, recreation, shift, turn, twist, work shift

Encyclopedia: Trick