Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.

    You tried to trick me when you said that house was underpriced.

    I was once tricked into believing I had left my phone in the locker.

    austricksen, überlisten, verarschen

    обма́ныватьobmányvatʹ, обману́тьobmanútʹ, одура́чиватьoduráčivatʹ

    обма́нюватиobmánjuvaty, обману́тиobmanúty, обду́рюватиobdúrjuvaty

    deceive somebody

  2. To draw (as contrasted with to blazon, which is to describe in words).

  3. To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out.

  4. To engage in prostitution or casual sex.

Examples

760 sentences

  1. Tom is trying to trick you.

    Том намагається тебе перехитрити. — deniko

    ruТом пытается вас надуть. — marafon

    deTom versucht dich hereinzulegen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. I can't trick Tom.

    Я не можу обдурити Тома. — deniko

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  3. Tom performed a magic trick.

    Том показав фокус. — deniko

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  4. I think it's a trick.

    Мені здається, це якийсь трюк. — deniko

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  5. Stop playing tricks on your brother.

    Припини кепкувати зі свого брата! — aandrusiak

    ruПрекрати шутить над своим братом. — al_ex_an_der

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to fool; to cause to believe something untrue:
Русский
By meaning 1
to fool; to cause to believe something untrue:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to fool; to cause to believe something untrue:

Origin

From Middle English trikke, from Old Northern French trique (related to Old French trichie

From Middle English trikke, from Old Northern French trique (related to Old French trichier (“to defraud, act dishonestly, conceal, deceive, cheat”); > modern French tricher), itself possibly from Middle High German trechen (“to launch a shot at, play a trick on”), or one of its derivatives (e.g. Middle High German ūftrechen (“to do something to someone, hurt someone”), vertrechen (“to conceal, get over on someone”), zuotrechen (“to obtain falsely or deceitfully, wangle, finagle”), etc.); yet the Old French verb is equally likely to be derived from Vulgar Latin *triccāre, from Late Latin tricāre, from Latin trīcor, trīcārī (“dodge, search for detours; haggle, quibble”).

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Forms

tricks, tricking, tricked, tricked
Base formtrick · to trick
3rd person singulartricks
Present participletricking
Past simpletricked
Past participletricked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytrick
he, she, ittricks

Past simpleLesson

all personstricked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tricked
he, she, ithas tricked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill trick

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

16 synonyms
to fool:conC1foolB1haveA1dupegullhoodwinkpull the wool over someone's eyesrip off
to trick out:mod

Word family

15 related words
Relatedtrickertrickery
DerivedtrickyB2outtrickretricktrickabletrickeetrickinesstrick offtrick outtrick shottrickstertrick upuntrickableuntricked

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • magic tricks
  • trying to trick
  • card tricks
  • playing tricks on
  • few card tricks
  • trick or treating
  • a trick question
  • play tricks on
  • tricked into doing
  • was tricked into
  • was a trick
  • new tricks

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tributetricepstriceratopstrickerytrickletrickster
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