trick
adjective/trɪk/
/trɪk/
[only before noun]- intended to trick somebody
- It was a trick question (= one to which the answer seems easy but actually is not).
- It's all done using trick photography (= photography that uses clever techniques to show things that do not actually exist or are impossible).
- (North American English) (of part of the body) weak and not working well
- a trick knee
Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun): from an Old French dialect variant of triche, from trichier ‘deceive’, of unknown origin. Current senses of the verb date from the mid 16th cent.
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