Definition of "trick" []

• An act or procedure intended to achieve an end by deceptive or fraudulent means. See Synonyms at wile. (noun)
• A mischievous action; a prank. (noun)
• A stupid, disgraceful, or childish act or performance. (noun)
• A peculiar trait or characteristic; a mannerism: "Mimicry is the trick by which a moth or other defenseless insect comes to look like a wasp” ( Marston Bates). (noun)
• A peculiar event with unexpected, often deceptive results: "One of history's cruelest tricks is to take words that sounded good at the time and make them sound pretty stupid” ( David Owen). (noun)

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• "The main trick is to have a currency that - unlike dollars, which are lent into existence by a bank - is instead worked into existence through an exchange."
• "Theists are completely anthropocentric, since their main trick is to project themselves onto the cosmos, an insistence that something like a human self is at the core of the universe, no matter that observation tells us quite a different story."
• "I would point out, for example, that the term trick, is often used in science to describe a clever way to get around a difficulty that is perfectly legitimate."