{
    "term": "trick",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "something that you do to make somebody believe something that is not true, or to annoy somebody as a joke",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They had to think of a trick to get past the guards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The kids are always **playing tricks on** their teacher."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She won't fall for such a stupid trick."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Very few camera tricks are employed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These rhetorical tricks are common in political speeches."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the kinds of accounting tricks that get CEOs into trouble"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["cheap", "cruel", "dirty"],
                "verb + trick": ["play", "pull", "try"],
                "trick + verb": ["work"],
                "trick + noun": ["question"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a trick of the light",
                    "a trick or two",
                    "every trick in the book"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "something that confuses you so that you see, understand, remember, etc. things in the wrong way",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "One of the problems of old age is that your memory can start to **play tricks** on you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Was there somebody standing there or was it a trick of the light?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["cheap", "cruel", "dirty"],
                "verb + trick": ["play", "pull", "try"],
                "trick + verb": ["work"],
                "trick + noun": ["question"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a trick of the light",
                    "a trick or two",
                    "every trick in the book"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a clever action that somebody/something performs as a way of entertaining people",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He amused the kids with conjuring tricks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a magic trick"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a card trick"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You had me fooled there! Where did you learn that trick?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["clever", "difficult", "simple"],
                "verb + trick": ["do", "employ", "perform"],
                "trick + verb": ["work"],
                "trick + noun": ["photography"],
                "phrases": ["(you can’t) teach an old dog new tricks"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a way of doing something that works well; a good method",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**The trick is** to pick the animal up by the back of its neck."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He used the old trick of attacking in order to defend himself."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Another neat trick is to add lemon peel to the water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's learned a trick or two in his time working in the tax office."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The real trick is predicting the market two years down the line."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The trick is to keep your body still and your arms relaxed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's no trick to it—you just need lots of practice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a trick for getting out red wine stains"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["clever", "difficult", "simple"],
                "verb + trick": ["do", "employ", "perform"],
                "trick + verb": ["work"],
                "trick + noun": ["photography"],
                "phrases": ["(you can’t) teach an old dog new tricks"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "the cards that you play or win in a single part of a card game",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I won six tricks in a row."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["clever", "difficult", "simple"],
                "verb + trick": ["do", "employ", "perform"],
                "trick + verb": ["work"],
                "trick + noun": ["photography"],
                "phrases": ["(you can’t) teach an old dog new tricks"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a set of methods or equipment that somebody can use",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Hotel managers are using a whole new bag of tricks to attract their guests."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be behaving in the same bad way as before",
            "labels": "(informal, disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He had soon spent all the money and was up to his old tricks."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to succeed in solving a problem or achieving a particular result",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I don't know what it was that did the trick, but I am definitely feeling much better."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "every available method, whether it is honest or not",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He'll try every trick in the book to stop you from winning."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have an idea, some plans, etc. that you keep ready to use if it becomes necessary",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I have a few tricks up my sleeve."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that somebody notices every opportunity to gain an advantage",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "(you cannot) successfully make people change their ideas, methods of work, etc., when they have had them for a long time",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "said by children who visit people’s houses at Halloween and threaten to play tricks on people who do not give them sweets",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the clever ways of doing things, known and used by people who do a particular job or activity",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have sex with somebody for money",
            "labels": "(North American English, slang)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trɪk/",
                "audio": "tr/trick/trick__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trɪk/",
                "audio": "tr/trick/trick__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as a noun): from an Old French dialect variant of triche, from trichier ‘deceive’, of unknown origin. Current senses of the verb date from the mid 16th cent."
}