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Definition of Magic trick
1. Noun. An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers.
Generic synonyms: Performance
Specialized synonyms: Card Trick, Prestidigitation, Sleight Of Hand
Derivative terms: Illusionist, Magical, Magician
Definition of Magic trick
1. Noun. A remarkable act carried out purportedly by magical means but actually by trickery or illusion, generally as a form of entertainment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Magic Trick
Literary usage of Magic trick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Read, Think, Cut & Paste by Joy Evans, Jo Ellen Moore (1979)
"On the back: What magic trick do you like best? I "I will do a magic trick for
you.1 I _ II "Oh, look! What a funny trick.' "Two tickets for the magic show, ..."
2. Beginning Reading Activities by Joy Evans, Jo Ellen Moore, Kathleen Morgan, Dora Ficklin (2002)
"Name and On the back, write and draw: What magic trick do you like best? I will
do a magic trick for you." "Oh ,look What tickets for the magic show, ..."
3. The Literature of Roguery by Frank Wadleigh Chandler (1907)
"4, the magic trick ; Act ii, sc. 2, the inn trick. This pretense of paying the
reckoning with others' money reappears in Unw- ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1910)
"... where there was no water, on the field of battle, he performs a similar magic
trick, 7.99.62^, for it is done by piercing the earth with a magic arrow. ..."
5. How to Teach American History: A Handbook for Teachers and Students by John Walter Wayland (1914)
"There is no magic trick for remembering history any more than there is such a
trick for remembering the rules of grammar or the formulae of chemistry. ..."
6. Junior High School English by Thomas Henry Briggs (1921)
"A magic trick: THE APPEARING HANDKERCHIEF As the spectators see this trick, the
performer shows his hands empty, waves a pencil over one of them, ..."
7. The Satapatha-brâhmana: According to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School by Julius Eggeling (1900)
"... '—usurers have come thither: it is these he instructs;—'Magic3 is the Veda:
this it is;' thus saying, let him perform some magic trick. ..."
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