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Definition of Play a trick on
1. Verb. Deceive somebody. "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"
Generic synonyms: Cozen, Deceive, Delude, Lead On
Specialized synonyms: Snooker
Derivative terms: Flimflam, Fox, Trick, Tricker, Trickery, Trickery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Play A Trick On
Literary usage of Play a trick on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1889)
"I am going to play a trick on them. You know that the sheriff, whose duty it is
to be on the lookout for elk-poachers, would scarcely send out a posse when ..."
2. Our Boys and Girls by Oliver Optic (1871)
"... that it was an easy matter to play a trick on Trafton, but if it had been one
of the rest, it would have been another affair, and he should like to see ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"HOCUS, a shortened form of " hocus pocus," used in the lyth century in the sense
of " to play a trick on any one," to " hoax," which is generally taken to ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1918)
"We thought she was going to play a trick on us, but we submitted to her directions.
She took a box near by about 1 foot long, 6 inches wide and 6 inches ..."
5. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1889)
"I am going to play a trick on them. You know that the sheriff, whose duty it is
to be on the lookout for elk-poachers, would scarcely send out a posse when ..."
6. Our Boys and Girls by Oliver Optic (1871)
"... that it was an easy matter to play a trick on Trafton, but if it had been one
of the rest, it would have been another affair, and he should like to see ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"HOCUS, a shortened form of " hocus pocus," used in the lyth century in the sense
of " to play a trick on any one," to " hoax," which is generally taken to ..."
8. Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1918)
"We thought she was going to play a trick on us, but we submitted to her directions.
She took a box near by about 1 foot long, 6 inches wide and 6 inches ..."
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