Phrase Hound found 43 phrases and 19 compound words that contain tricks. The most common are listed below. Open tricks in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 43
- magic tricksplural of magic trick: A remarkable act carried out purportedly by magical means but in reality performed by trickery or illusion, generally as a form of entertainment.
- bag of tricksA set of skills, techniques, items of information, or other resources used to help achieve professional or personal goals.
- dirty tricksplural of dirty trick: An unkind trick.
- box of tricksA box, suitcase, etc., used by a magician to carry stage paraphernalia.
- how's tricksInformal greeting roughly equivalent to How are you? or How's it going?
- play tricksUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see play, tricks.
- tricks of the lightplural of trick of the light: An optical illusion resulting from low lighting.
- tricks of the tradeplural of trick of the trade: A shortcut or other quick, or very effective way of doing things, that professional workers learn from experience.
- card tricksplural of card trick: Any magic trick involving playing cards.
- con tricksplural of con trick: A method of cheating somebody by winning their confidence and having them hand over their money (or other valuables).
- confidence tricksplural of confidence trick: A method of cheating somebody by winning their confidence and having them hand over their money (or other valuables).
- hat tricksplural of hat trick: Any magic trick performed with a hat, especially one involving pulling an object (traditionally a rabbit) out of an apparently empty hat.
- party tricksplural of party trick: A trick that could be performed at a party for entertainment.
- playing trickspresent participle and gerund of play tricks.
- turning trickspresent participle and gerund of turn tricks
- bags of tricksplural of bag of tricks: A set of skills, techniques, items of information, or other resources used to help achieve professional or personal goals.
- rope tricksplural of rope trick: The Indian rope trick.
- turn tricksTo work as a prostitute, providing sexual services for money.
- parlor tricksplural of parlor trick: A piece of trickery or falsehood, especially a trivial one.
- Jedi mind tricksplural of Jedi mind trick: A mental feat such as apparently inducing someone to act a certain way or reading someone's mind, achieved as if by magic or telepathy.
- parlour tricksplural of parlour trick: A piece of trickery or falsehood, especially a trivial one.
- bed tricksplural of bed trick: A plot device in traditional literature and theatre where a character begins sexual activity with someone else, then steals away after the lights are off, allowing another character to continue instead.
- brain tricksplural of brain trick: A stratagem, a clever trick; a ruse.
- cheap tricksplural of cheap trick: Synonym of dirty trick; often specifically (and probably originally) a swindle or con in the marketplace.
- one-tricksthird-person singular simple present indicative of one-trick: To consistently play a video game using only one of the available characters or skill sets.
Compound words 19
- politricksPolitical trickery.
- tricksicalSynonym of trickish (“using tricks or trickery”).
- trickseyObsolete form of tricksy: Inclined to trickery; sneaky, devious.
- tricksterAny of numerous figures featuring in various mythologies and folk traditions, who use guile and secret knowledge to challenge authority and play tricks and pranks on others with their acts of trickery; any similar figure in literature.
- trickstersplural of trickster: Any of numerous figures featuring in various mythologies and folk traditions, who use guile and secret knowledge to challenge authority and play tricks and pranks on others with their acts of trickery; any similar …
- Buttricksplural of Buttrick: A surname.
- Dittricksplural of Dittrick: A surname.
- hattricksplural of hattrick: Alternative form of hat trick; three goals in one game.
- Hettricksplural of Hettrick: A surname.
- outtricksthird-person singular simple present indicative of outtrick: To surpass in trickery.