From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Trick \Trick\, n. [D. trek a pull, or drawing, a trick, trekken
to draw; akin to LG. trekken, MHG. trecken, trechen, Dan.
tr[ae]kke, and OFries. trekka. Cf. Track, Trachery,
Trig, a., Trigger.]
1. An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly
procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in
trade.
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He comes to me for counsel, and I show him a trick.
--South.
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I know a trick worth two of that. --Shak.
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2. A sly, dexterous, or ingenious procedure fitted to puzzle
or amuse; as, a bear's tricks; a juggler's tricks.
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3. Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank; as, the tricks
of boys. --Prior.
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4. A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as,
a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning.
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The trick of that voice I do well remember. --Shak.
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He hath a trick of C[oe]ur de Lion's face. --Shak.
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5. A knot, braid, or plait of hair. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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6. (Card Playing) The whole number of cards played in one
round, and consisting of as many cards as there are
players.
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On one nice trick depends the general fate. --Pope.
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7. (Naut.) A turn; specifically, the spell of a sailor at the
helm, -- usually two hours.
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8. A toy; a trifle; a plaything. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Syn: Stratagem; wile; fraud; cheat; juggle; finesse; sleight;
deception; imposture; delusion; imposition.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Trick \Trick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tricked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tricking.]
1. To deceive by cunning or artifice; to impose on; to
defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a
horse.
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2. To dress; to decorate; to set off; to adorn fantastically;
-- often followed by up, off, or out. " Trick her off in
air." --Pope.
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People lavish it profusely in tricking up their
children in fine clothes, and yet starve their
minds. --Locke.
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They are simple, but majestic, records of the
feelings of the poet; as little tricked out for the
public eye as his diary would have been. --Macaulay.
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3. To draw in outline, as with a pen; to delineate or
distinguish without color, as arms, etc., in heraldry.
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They forget that they are in the statutes: . . .
there they are tricked, they and their pedigrees.
--B. Jonson.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trick
n 1: a cunning or deceitful action or device; "he played a trick
on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it" [syn:
trick, 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 [syn:
antic, joke, prank, trick, caper, put-on]
5: an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers [syn:
magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic,
legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion,
deception]
6: a prostitute's customer [syn: whoremaster, whoremonger,
john, trick]
7: (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played
by all the players; the high card is the winner
v 1: deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking
that class would be cancelled next week" [syn: flim-flam,
play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox,
pull a fast one on, play a trick on]