tricks
Sleight of hand
Tricks are acts of deception or illusion—a con artist's tricks, a magician's tricks.
The word extends to clever techniques: tricks of the trade, a few tricks up her sleeve.
A trick can be a prank or a single round of cards won.
To trick someone is to deceive them; to trick out something is to decorate it elaborately.
In prostitution, a trick is a client or the transaction itself.
Argument against
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
ruse · subterfuge · sleight · hustle · grift · flimflam · bamboozle · dupery
Skillful manual deception
- vanishing actAbrupt, unexplained departure
- prestidigitationSkillful hand-based illusions
- conjuringPerforming magical illusions
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
misdirection · palming · forcing · levitation · escape · transformation · cup and balls · mentalism
Calculated deceptive tactic
- gambitRisky opening for advantage
- tacticPlanned action for advantage
- stratagemDeceptive plan for advantage
- maneuverDeliberate tactical movement
feint · bluff · decoy · trap · ambush · flanking · diversion · misdirection
Skilled way of performing
- moveChange location or act
- maneuverDeliberate tactical movement
- stuntDangerous feat for spectacle
- flipQuick turning motion
spin · kickflip · ollie · wheelie · bunny hop · handstand · backflip · aerial
Trick meant to amuse
- gagMouth restraint or jest
- stuntDangerous feat for spectacle
- spoofComic exaggerated imitation
- jestHumorous remark or act
jape · gotcha · whoopee cushion · April Fools · rickroll · prank call · booby trap · fake spider
Shortcut or breach
- shortcutQuicker alternative path
- tipEnd or gratuity
- lifehackClever everyday efficiency strategy
- workaroundMakeshift bypass of difficulty
technique · secret · insider tip · pro tip
Rest on a seat
- stayRemain in position
- roll overRotate one's body
- fetchGo get and return
- shakeTrembling or blended treat
play dead · heel · jump · spin · speak · high five · clicker training
Mischievous or deceitful behavior
- tomfooleryFoolish or silly behavior
- monkeyshinesFrivolous or mischievous behavior
- high jinksBoisterous, playful behavior
- anticsAbsurd, attention-seeking behavior
hijinks · roguery · devilry · impishness · rascality · naughtiness · horseplay · foolery
con
Argument against
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- swindleDeception for financial gain
hoax · ruse · subterfuge · sleight · hustle · grift · flimflam · bamboozle · dupery · double-cross
sleight of hand
Skillful manual deception
- vanishing actAbrupt, unexplained departure
- prestidigitationSkillful hand-based illusions
- conjuringPerforming magical illusions
illusion · misdirection · palming · forcing · levitation · escape · transformation · cup and balls · mentalism · close-up magic
ploy
Calculated deceptive tactic
- gambitRisky opening for advantage
- tacticPlanned action for advantage
- stratagemDeceptive plan for advantage
maneuver · feint · bluff · decoy · trap · ambush · flanking · diversion · misdirection · counterplay
technique
Skilled way of performing
flip · spin · kickflip · ollie · wheelie · bunny hop · handstand · backflip · aerial · freestyle
practical joke
Trick meant to amuse
jest · jape · gotcha · whoopee cushion · April Fools · rickroll · prank call · booby trap · fake spider · hand buzzer
hack
Shortcut or breach
workaround · technique · secret · insider tip · pro tip
sit
Rest on a seat
shake · play dead · heel · jump · spin · speak · high five · clicker training
shenanigans
Mischievous or deceitful behavior
- tomfooleryFoolish or silly behavior
- monkeyshinesFrivolous or mischievous behavior
- high jinksBoisterous, playful behavior
antics · hijinks · roguery · devilry · impishness · rascality · naughtiness · horseplay · foolery · capers
- deceptionslie, lies, lying, deceit, decoy
- game guidesstrategy guide, walkthroughs, walkthrough, strategy guides, FAQ
- informal knowledgefolk wisdom, old wives tales, hearsay, gossip, rumors
- jump ropejump rope, rope, ropes, skipping, jump
- mischiefmischief, hijinks, antics, pranks, antic
- pet behaviortail wagging, purring, kneading, growling, hissing
trickshonesty
Truthfulness, sincerity
truthfulness · sincerity · candor · forthrightness · straightforwardness
tricksseriousness
Earnest, weighty demeanor
earnestness · solemnity · gravity · sobriety · gravitas
- trick or treatHalloween door-to-door phrase
- magic trickPerformed feat seeming impossible
- do the trickAchieve the desired result
- trick questionDeliberately misleading inquiry
- confidence trickFraud exploiting victim's trust
- hat trickThree scores, one game
trick, trickery, tricked, trickster, tricking, trick out, tricksters, tricksy, overtrick