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tricked

trick
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [trik]
    • /trɪk/
    • /trɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [trik]
    • /trɪk/

Definitions of tricked word

  • noun tricked a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile. 1
  • noun tricked an optical illusion: It must have been some visual trick caused by the flickering candlelight. 1
  • noun tricked a roguish or mischievous act; practical joke; prank: She likes to play tricks on her friends. 1
  • noun tricked a mean, foolish, or childish action. 1
  • noun tricked a clever or ingenious device or expedient; adroit technique: the tricks of the trade. 1
  • noun tricked the art or knack of doing something skillfully: You seem to have mastered the trick of making others laugh. 1
See all 26 definitions of tricked

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Origin of tricked

First appearance:

before 1375
One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English trik (noun) < Old North French trique deceit, derivative of trikier to deceive < Vulgar Latin *triccāre, for Latin trīcārī to play tricks

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Parts of speech for Tricked

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Tricked

tricked popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for tricked

adj tricked

  • all wet — wrong; mistaken
  • cheated — to defraud; swindle: He cheated her out of her inheritance.
  • misled — to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
  • mistaken — wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.

noun tricked

  • capered — to leap or skip about in a sprightly manner; prance; frisk; gambol.
  • countermined — Simple past tense and past participle of countermine.
  • decoyed — Simple past tense and past participle of decoy.
  • feinted — a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack: military feints; the feints of a skilled fencer.
  • frolicked — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.

verb tricked

  • chicaned — Simple past tense and past participle of chicane.
  • choused — Simple past tense and past participle of chouse.
  • conjured — Simple past tense and past participle of conjure.
  • cozened — Simple past tense and past participle of cozen.
  • did — Did is the past tense of do1.

adjective tricked

  • deluded — Someone who is deluded believes something that is not true.
  • fooled — Simple past tense and past participle of fool.
All 45 Synonyms of tricked

Antonyms for tricked

verb tricked

  • kibitzed — Simple past tense and past participle of kibitz.
Just one Antonym for tricked

Related words

  • fool

    to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.

  • foxed

    deceived; tricked.

  • greenhorn

    an untrained or inexperienced person.
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