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A television format in which a hidden camera captures a public prank played on unsuspecting people.
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(obsolete) One who diverts attention, usually to distract or bewilder, often for fraudulent purposes; hence a cheat, deceiver or thief.
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(archaic) One who performs antics; a comic performer.
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A practical joke played on April Fools' Day.
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Tricks played on April Fools' Day.
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A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
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(Trinidad and Tobago, informal) drama, ruckus, fiasco
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(film, fandom slang, often derogatory) Frenetic and fast-paced action characteristic of the films of Michael Bay.
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A plot device in traditional literature and theatre where a character begins sexual activity with someone else, then steals away after the lights are off, allowing another character to continue instead.
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A rapid-fire joke in slapstick comedy.
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A practical joke by which something is made to fall upon someone entering through a door, or the like.
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(figuratively) A crafty person.
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(obsolete) A stratagem, a clever trick; a ruse.
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Alternative spelling of brown noser (one who flatters others in an obsequious manner.) [(idiomatic) One who brownnoses (flatters or humors somebody in an obsequious manner for personal gain); one who sucks up; a bootlicker, ass-kisser, sycophant.]
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Alternative form of cantrip [A spell or incantation; a trifling magic trick.]
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A wilful piece of trickery or mischief.
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A prank or practical joke.
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The undersized car used in a circus clown car routine.
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(slang, obsolete) A pickpocket.
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A flatterer or deceiver.
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Abbreviation of confidence trick. [A method of cheating somebody by winning their confidence and inducing them to hand over money (or other valuables).]
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(obsolete) A cheat or sharper; a deceiver.
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A visual joke at the end of the opening credits of a Simpsons episode, during which the Simpson family settles down to watch television.
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A person in colorful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.
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A spiteful or ill-natured trick played on somebody.
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Alternative form of dog trick [A spiteful or ill-natured trick played on somebody.]
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(obsolete, Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) Having a specified form or disposition; fashioned.
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(obsolete) A juggler's trick; conjuring.
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(UK dialectal) Any trifling peculiarity in regard to work which causes unnecessary trouble; teasing exactness of operation.
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(music) Alternative spelling of gabber [(obsolete) A liar; a deceiver.]
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(obsolete) A liar; a deceiver.
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(film) a device or trick used to create a practical effect; a gimmick
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(informal) A compilation of outtakes, i.e. amusing mistakes or accidents recorded during regular filming.
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A writer or performer of gags.
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(obsolete) trick; jest; sport
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Something showy but worthless; a bauble or gimmick.
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A trick or device used to attain some end.
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(Internet slang, social media) An account dedicated to posting a specific niche of (usually humorous) content.
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Alternative form of gimmickry [Gimmicks collectively.]
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(obsolete) A trick; a device or instrument.
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(informal) The study or use of complex devices.
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A prank in which one steals a garden gnome and then either leaves it posed in a public place or photographs it in front of tourist locations.
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Alternative form of gnome-napping [A prank in which one steals a garden gnome and then either leaves it posed in a public place or photographs it in front of tourist locations.]
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A trickster or swindler.
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Obsolete form of guise. [Customary way of speaking or acting; fashion, manner, practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)]
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Alternative spelling of hanky-panky [Mischievous behaviour, dishonest or shady activity.]
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Any magic trick performed with a hat.
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Something contrived or artificial.
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One who japes; a jester or prankster.
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(countable) An instance of jebaiting; a trick or prank.
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One who jests, jokes or teases.
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A person who makes jokes.
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(figuratively) Something or someone that can change things in unanticipated ways; a wildcard.
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A person who plays practical jokes.
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(archaic) A joker; one who plays jokes.
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(by extension) Trickery or deception in general, or an instance of such.
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(UK, colloquial, transitive) To trick or deceive deliberately; to play a prank on.
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(informal, electronics, engineering) An improvised device, typically crudely constructed to test the validity of a principle before doing a finished design.
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(entertainment) A slapstick comedy or comedian.
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(obsolete) A flatterer; a deceiver; a cozener.
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A prank; a practical joke.
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Alternative spelling of MacGuffin [(narratology) A plot element or other device used to catch the audience's attention and maintain suspense, but whose exact nature has fairly little influence over the storyline.]
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Alternative form of monkeyshine [A puerile trick or prank.]
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A puerile trick or prank.
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To act in a pantomime or dumb show.
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(informal) A supposed unusual and little-known solution to a problem, offered in deceptive and misleading advertising on the Internet.
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Alternative spelling of parlour trick [Synonym of party trick (“trick performed for entertainment”)]
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Synonym of party trick (“trick performed for entertainment”)
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A trick that could be performed at a party for entertainment.
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A person, placed amongst an audience, whose role is to cause confusion, laughter etc.
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A playful trick done for amusement to the detriment of someone else.
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someone who instigates practical jokes
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Obsolete form of prank (“adorn in a showy manner”). [(transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick.]
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(obsolete) An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception.
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(now Scotland) A cunning or mischievous trick; a prank, a joke.
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Alternative spelling of prat (“trick, prank”) [(now Scotland) A cunning or mischievous trick; a prank, a joke.]
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That makes or uses a pun.
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(regional, slang) A trick or ploy; a stratagem.
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A banterer; a jester; a mocker.
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(obsolete) A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
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(countable) Deceptive or underhanded rigmarole; trickery.
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(Internet slang) The practice of writing about one’s unhappiness or emotional problems on social media, especially in a vague way, in order to attract attention and sympathetic response.
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A long-winded joke or tale featuring the narration of typically irrelevant details, and usually ending with an absurd or pointless punchline which is often a pun or Spoonerism on a known catchphrase.
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(countable) A deceitful confidence trick, or mischief causing discomfort or annoyance.
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Alternative spelling of shenanigan [(countable) A deceitful confidence trick, or mischief causing discomfort or annoyance.]
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Having a pronounced shtick; gimmicky.
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(film, television, stage performance) A visually presented action or device which causes a humorous response without requiring any accompanying commentary or other speech.
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Someone who performs slapstick comedy.
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One who runs naked through a public place as a prank.
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(obsolete) A mischievous gossip or a troublemaker.
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The act of one who toys.
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(dated) A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait.
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(Britain, slang) A psychiatrist.
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(idiomatic, chiefly in the plural) A shortcut or other quick, or very effective way of doing things, that professional workers learn from experience.
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(informal, transitive, of a motor vehicle, etc.) To mod or customize an object, typically for the purposes of personalization and enhancing performance capabilities such as the ability to perform stunts.
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(uncountable) Synonym of trick mode
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A question that tries to make someone answer in a certain way, usually incorrectly (i.e. that seems to have an obvious answer that is however incorrect), or that doesn't have a correct answer or that hides the real question or some difficulty. Usually a loaded question.
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(rare) The world or realm of tricks.
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One who tricks or plays tricks; a practical joker; a prankster
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(obsolete) decoration; ornament
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One who plays tricks or pranks on others.
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