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The magician showed us a card trick.
What does Trick mean?
a clever action or playful surprise.
Dictionary definition
A trick is a clever action, puzzle, or playful surprise, and to trick someone means to make them believe something that is not true.
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Trick in a sentence
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The riddle used a trick to make the answer hard to guess.
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Writers sometimes use a trick ending to surprise readers and change how they understand the story.
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What does trick mean?
Trick means a clever action or playful surprise.
Practice 2
Which word or phrase is closest in meaning to trick?
Prank is close in meaning because use for a playful trick meant to surprise someone.
Practice 3
Choose the best word to complete the sentence: The magician showed us a card ____.
Trick best completes the sentence.
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WordTrick.
Partnoun, verb.
MeaningTrick means a clever action or playful surprise.
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Synonyms
Words like Trick
stuntUse for a clever or skillful action.
prankUse for a playful trick meant to surprise someone.
deceptionUse for the meaning of making someone believe something false.
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Word family
Trick word family
Base word
trick
noun
trick
A clever action, puzzle, or playful surprise.
noun
tricks
More than one clever action or playful surprise.
verb
tricked
Made someone believe something false.
verb
tricking
Using a trick now.
adjective
tricky
Difficult, clever, or confusing.
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Hint for students
A trick can be a clever action that fools, surprises, or entertains someone.
Common mix-up
Trick is not always mean. A trick can be playful, like a magic trick, or unkind if it is meant to fool someone badly.
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Write one sentence that shows trick without using the word trick. Model sentence: Mia hid the card in her sleeve so the audience thought it had vanished. Clue words: hid, sleeve, audience thought, vanished Now try your own sentence. Ask: Does my sentence show a clever action that fools or surprises someone?
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Ask students to explain this model sentence: "The magician used a clever trick to make the coin disappear." Why does trick fit better than mistake?
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