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1trick — tricker, n. trickingly, adv. /trik/, n. 1. a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile. 2. an optical illusion: It must have been some visual trick caused by the flickering… …
2trick — [n1] deceit ambush, artifice, blind, bluff, casuistry, cheat, chicanery, circumvention, con*, concealment, conspiracy, conundrum, cover, deception, decoy, delusion, device, disguise, distortion, dodge*, double dealing, duplicity, equivocation,… …
3Trick-taking game — A Trick taking game is any one of a class of card games where play centers around a series of finite rounds or units of play, called tricks . The object of such games is then closely tied to the winning, or taking , of these tricks, or of the… …
4play — play1 W1S1 [pleı] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(children)¦ 2¦(sports/games)¦ 3¦(music)¦ 4¦(radio/cd etc)¦ 5¦(theatre/film)¦ 6 play a part/role 7 play ball 8¦(pretend)¦ 9¦(behave)¦ 10 play games …
5play — I n. stage presentation 1) to present, produce, put on, stage; revive; write a play 2) to perform; rehearse a play 3) to review a play 4) to criticize, pan (colloq.) a play 5) a miracle; morality; mystery; nativity; one act; passion play 6) a… …
6play — 1 /pleI/ verb 1 CHILDREN (I, T) when children play, they do things that they enjoy, often together or with toys: The children ran off to play on the beach. | play sth: The boys were playing soldiers. | I don t want to play that game! (+ with):… …
7play — [[t]ple͟ɪ[/t]] ♦ plays, playing, played 1) VERB When children, animals, or perhaps adults play, they spend time doing enjoyable things, such as using toys and taking part in games. ...invite the children round to play... They played in the little …
8trick — n 1. artifice, stratagem, finesse, ruse, wile, Trojan horse, deceit; intrigue, plot, plan, tactic, scheme, strategy, machination; conspiracy, complot, cabal; device, contrivance, expedient, Inf. dodge, fetch, subterfuge, blind; trap, snare, Inf.… …
9Squeeze play (bridge) — A squeeze play (or squeeze) is a type of play late in the hand of contract bridge and other trick taking game in which the play of a card (the squeeze card) forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks. The discarded card …
10A Trick to Catch the Old One — is a Jacobean comedy written by Thomas Middleton, first published in 1608. The play is a satire in the sub genre of city comedy.The play was entered into the Stationers Register on Oct. 7, 1607 by the printer George Eld, and published by him in… …
