0 an action that is intended to deceive, either as a way of cheating someone, or as a joke or form of entertainment: --
For a moment I thought you had a patch of grey hair, but it's just a trick of the light.
It's trick photography - she's supposed to look like she's walking on water.
My niece was showing me all the tricks that she's learned to do with her new magic set.
She played a really nasty trick on me - she put syrup in my shampoo bottle!
3 used to deceive someone, either as a joke or form of entertainment or so that they makes a mistake: --
a trick question
4 A trick part of the body, especially a joint (= place where two bones are connected), sometimes feels weak suddenly and unexpectedly: --
5 an action intended to deceive, either as a way of cheating someone or as a joke or form of entertainment: --
They were worried about being 'robbed' or tricked by people (including other farmers) replacing some of the product with petrol in the bottle.
Although the tricks may vary, the jaduwallah typically works in open spaces, streets, parks, fairs, and festivals, as a travelling entertainer.
The priestly pretense to maternity is a grotesque parody - self-aggrandizing patriarchal power tricked out in the robes of female love and nurturance.
To eliminate gravity's influence on a motion, for example, the art of experimentation offers many tricks.
He wasn't full of mannerisms and little tricks of the trade.
Modeling tricks and fitting techniques for multiresolution structures.
He played his tricks on women and children, in particular, and deluded them into spiritual crime.
He knows all its tricks and aptitudes; when to coax and when to force it, when to rely on it and when to distrust it.
