English-Dutch translations for trick

• bedotten
• beduvelen
  Het moet in de toekomst om het aanmoedigen van innovatie en technologie gaan, en niet om het beduvelen van mensen die geen ander alternatief hebben dan belasting betalen. The future must be about encouraging innovation and technology, not about tricking people who have no alternative into paying more tax.
• kunstgreep
  Het gaat dus uitsluitend om een politieke procedure-kunstgreep. So this is simply a procedural device, a political trick.
  Onze collega Tillich bevestigt in zijn verslag de slinkse wijziging van verplichte uitgaven in niet-verplichte uitgaven via de kunstgreep van het creëren van een reserve. In his report our colleague Mr Tillich confirms the hidden conversion of compulsory expenditure into non-compulsory expenditure by the ingenious trick of setting up a reserve.
• list
  We moeten geen list bedenken om Turkije binnenboord te krijgen. We should not try to trick Turkey into joining the EU.
  Het lijkt wel alsof men vermoedt dat men ook vanuit de sector list en bedrog lid van de Europese Unie kan worden. There appears to be the presumption that it is also possible to trick one’s way into membership of the European Union.
• slimmigheid
• streek
  Aan het einde van deze zittingsperiode wordt de Europeanen dus gewoonweg een gemene streek geleverd. This legislative term is, therefore, coming to a close with a mean trick played on European citizens.
  Ik wil er echter met klem op wijzen dat dit een vergissing moet zijn. En als het geen vergissing is, is het de liberale fractie die mij een streek heeft geleverd. I want to make it absolutely clear that this is a mistake, or if it is not a mistake, it is some mischievous prank by the dirty tricks department of the Liberal Party.
• stunt
• truc
  Telkens worden er nieuwe trucs bedacht. The sector is repeatedly up to new tricks.
  Men heeft een gemene truc toegepast om ons buiten de medebeslissingsprocedure te houden. A dirty trick has been used to keep us out of the codecision procedure.
  Er worden allerlei verschillende trucs toegepast. Many different tricks are employed.

Definition of trick

• Something designed to fool or swindle
• A single element of a magician's act; a magic trick
• An entertaining difficult physical action
• An effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait
• A knot, braid, or plait of hair
• A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined
• A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution
• A customer to a prostitute
• A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs
• A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long
• A toy; a trifle; a plaything
• To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive
• To draw (as opposed to blazon - to describe in words
• To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by ''up'', ''off'', or ''out''
• Stylish or cool

Examples

• It was just a trick to say that the house was underpriced
• And for my next trick, I will pull a wombat out of a duffel bag
• Thats a nice skateboard, but can you do any tricks on it?
• tricks of the trade;  whats the trick of getting this chair to fold up?
• the tricks of boys
• a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning
• I was able to take the second trick with the queen of hearts
• As the businessman rounded the corner, she thought, "Here comes another trick
• You tried to trick me when you said that house was underpriced.
• Wow, your new sportscar is so trick.

Related words

• hat-trick
• tricky
• stricken
• trickery
• Patrick
• tricking
• tricked
• trickle
• trickster