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Definition of "cantrip" []

  • Scots A magic spell; a witch's trick. (noun)
  • Chiefly British A deceptive move; a sham. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "cantrip" in a sentence
  • "Once inside, I dried myself with a cantrip and for the first time in three years, I marked the threshold with my musk."
  • "I took the little cantrip and tucked it into the band of my jeans where my belt would keep it pressed against me."
  • "~ The wizard drops a daze cantrip on the other one so the cleric can grapple him without suffering an AOO, and the cleric then holds down the gobby while the rogue lays down the coup de grace."