Phrase Hound found 83 phrases and 52 compound words that contain trick. The most common are listed below. Open trick in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 83
- hat trickAny magic trick performed with a hat, especially one involving pulling an object (traditionally a rabbit) out of an apparently empty hat.
- trick-or-treatTo go door-to-door requesting candy on Halloween night while wearing a costume.
- turn a trickTo perform a sexual service for a customer.
- turn the trickSynonym of do the trick (“to work, to be sufficient or adequate”).
- magic trickA remarkable act carried out purportedly by magical means but in reality performed by trickery or illusion, generally as a form of entertainment.
- trick questionA question that attempts to elicit an answer in a certain way, often a misleading or incorrect one, or a question that lacks a clear answer, conceals its true intent, or obscures an underlying difficulty.
- doing the trickpresent participle and gerund of do the trick
- done the trickpast participle of do the trick: To work; to be successful; to solve a problem; to be sufficient or adequate to fulfill a purpose.
- turned the tricksimple past and past participle of turn the trick
- turning the trickpresent participle and gerund of turn the trick
- miss a trickTo allow an advantageous opportunity to pass by.
- dirty trickAn unkind trick.
- Jedi mind trickA mental feat such as apparently inducing someone to act a certain way or reading someone's mind, achieved as if by magic or telepathy.
- trick-or-treatingThe practice of going house to house on Halloween evening to receive treats.
- card trickAny magic trick involving playing cards.
- turns the trickthird-person singular simple present indicative of turn the trick: Synonym of do the trick (“to work, to be sufficient or adequate”).
- cheap trickSynonym of dirty trick; often specifically (and probably originally) a swindle or con in the marketplace.
- missed a tricksimple past and past participle of miss a trick
- missing a trickpresent participle and gerund of miss a trick
- Trick NightA particular night, commonly the night of the 30th to the 31st of October, during which young people play pranks and do mischief in their neighborhoods.
- party trickA trick that could be performed at a party for entertainment.
- trick of the tradeA shortcut or other quick, or very effective way of doing things, that professional workers learn from experience.
- turned a tricksimple past and past participle of turn a trick
- trick of the lightAn optical illusion resulting from low lighting.
- one weird trickA supposed unusual and little-known solution to a problem, offered in deceptive and misleading advertising on the Internet.
Compound words 52
- trickeryDeception, deceit or underhanded behavior.
- trickerOne who tricks or plays tricks; a practical joker; a prankster
- tricknologyTactics employed by white people to subjugate black people.
- betrickTo play a trick on; to trick
- trickworkTrickery of an artistic or spectacular kind.
- trickfulFull of trickery.
- trickishUsing tricks or trickery.
- tricklessWithout any tricks.
- tricklikeResembling or characteristic of a trick.
- trickproofResistant to trickery.