Meaning

1 senses

  1. To engage in the antics of a trickster; to play tricks.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Tom is a trickster.

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  2. He's a trickster.

    Він шахрай. — deniko

    ruОн жулик. — odexed

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  3. The clown character originally… is a trickster figure… you can’t easily categorize them.

    deDer Clown ist ursprünglich eine betrügerische Figur. Man kann ihn nicht einordnen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. There is a trickster god.

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Origin

Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā

Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā

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Forms

tricksters, trickstering, trickstered, trickstered
Base formtrickster · to trickster
3rd person singulartricksters
Present participletrickstering
Past simpletrickstered
Past participletrickstered

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytrickster
he, she, ittricksters

Past simpleLesson

all personstrickstered

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill trickster

Word family

5 related words
Relatedgadflyjesterjokesterpractical jokerprankster

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
trickA2trickerytrickletrickyB2tricolourtricycle
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