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.
He comes to me for counsel, and I show him a trick. --South.
I know a trick worth two of that. --Shak.
2. A sly, dexterous, or ingenious procedure fitted to puzzle or amuse; as, a bear's tricks; a juggler's tricks.
3. Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank; as, the tricks of boys. --Prior.
4. A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as, a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning.
The trick of that voice I do well remember. --Shak.
He hath a trick of C[oe]ur de Lion's face. --Shak.
5. A knot, braid, or plait of hair. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
6. (Card Playing) The whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players.
On one nice trick depends the general fate. --Pope.
7. (Naut.) A turn; specifically, the spell of a sailor at the helm, -- usually two hours.
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.
2. To dress; to decorate; to set off; to adorn fantastically; -- often followed by up, off, or out. `` Trick her off in air.'' --Pope.
People lavish it profusely in tricking up their children in fine clothes, and yet starve their minds. --Locke.
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.
3. To draw in outline, as with a pen; to delineate or distinguish without color, as arms, etc., in heraldry.
They forget that they are in the statutes: . . . there they are tricked, they and their pedigrees. --B. Jonson.
Mr. Kohl's trick is simple.
But time and money may eventually do the trick.
The trick in a business like insurance is to be in a position to take advantage when the cycle turns.
"We're calling it our trick-or-treat case," said Port of Seattle Police Chief Ed Ingram. "We got the trick.
Sheer volume wouldn't do the trick; the drinkers could get a lot louder than the band.
The trick for Western speculators who would take advantage of systemic disparity is to buy ordinary merchandise at ruble stores and ship it home parcel post.
For his party trick, Simon Willcock will copy your credit cards.
If people even put harmful things in trick or treat candy, we understand the potential problem of letting people bring prepared food," he said.
The trick is knowing what materials to use and how to do the work.
Maybe she could turn a quick trick.
"There's a lot of garbage out there, to be very honest with you." Rather than shun secondary issues, Mr. Navellier believes the trick is to find a few good ones.
This is the golden goose that it is in everyone's interest - Britain's, Hong Kong's, and China's - to keep alive. The trick can be done by a skilful political operator, which Mr Patten happens to be.
In the event, persistent mistrust of Labour did the trick for the Tories.
The trick, it says, is to distinguish itself from midrange competitors.
But only doctors can detect mistakes made by their colleagues. The trick is to insist that they expel bad practitioners.
The most frequent trick is to clear the meter when you reach your destination and ask for a higher fare.
Police, while declaring the tire changing trick to be illegal, say they lack the manpower to check tires on all taxis after an initial inspection.
The headlight problem, too, was a trick.
With almost Pounds 600m in the bank and dividend cover of 2.7 times - against an industry average of 2.2 - Wellcome has room to repeat the trick.
All vaccines work on the principle of using natural or synthetic viral material to trick the body into creating antibodies and other cells that later will attack and kill a real viral invader.
Hiving off Gatwick would not work; but separating the ownership of terminals at Heathrow might do the trick.
The trick for investors will be in timing a switch should Lloyds' management show signs of wanting to diversify away from chemists shops and health foods.
The Fed remains cautious in cutting rates; it is anxious not to seem to be abandoning the fight against inflation. Moreover, some bank analysts say interest rates alone won't do the trick.
Had the same trick been accomplished in a cow, the cow would produce five gallons of milk a day containing 20 grams of the protein.
In one study, Carlotto said, the face was compared statistically with other shapes photographed on Mars, and he concluded that "the face is not natural." "It's extremely unlikely that it's a trick of light and shadow," said Carlotto.
The easiest trick is playing dead.
The requirement that police warn suspects of their right to remain silent and have a lawyer's help do not apply when jailhouse undercover agents try to trick suspects into making incriminating statements.
"It just might be a put-on," Perez said. "If they did find a purse or found the passport, that may have been just a trick by Sara and Constanzo to (appear) she is dead.
If they say they want reform instead of revolution, you would think they'd have to admit that sanctions are not going to do the trick.
And I thought, `It's a wicked trick, but it worked,"' she confided.