trick · n
trick (METHOD)
B2 an effective or quick way of doing something
Dictionary examples:
What's the trick to getting this chair to fold up? (26.7)
On page 21, twenty tricks to speed up your beauty routine. (39.7)
do the trick
C2 If something does the trick, it solves a problem or has the result you want.
Dictionary examples:
If you have a headache, an aspirin will usually do the trick. (27.5)
trick (DECEIVE)
B1 something you do to deceive or cheat someone, or to make someone look stupid as a joke
Dictionary examples:
The salesman's trick was to hide the real price in tiny letters. (0.0)
His trick to avoid homework was pretending his dog ate it. (0.0)
His trick of pretending to be asleep to avoid chores never worked. (0.0)
It's trick photography - it looks like she's floating but she isn't really. (32.4)
She played a really nasty trick on me - she put syrup in my shampoo bottle! (60.5)
trick (MAGIC)
B1 something that is done to entertain people and that seems to be magic
Dictionary examples:
His favorite trick was making his homework vanish before the teacher's eyes. (0.0)
His magic trick made the broccoli taste like candy, amazing parents everywhere. (0.0)
His magic trick made money appear, but only in Monopoly currency. (0.0)
a card trick (15.9)
My niece likes to do magic tricks for us. (26.7)