Answer
Trick
Trick noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| best | best answer | best trick |
| exact | exact answer | exact trick |
| particular | particular answer | particular trick |
| usual | usual answer | usual trick |
| Other adjectives: common, single, obvious, simple, stupid, popular, actual, real, big, false, easy, useful, possible, final, next, last, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Many times when a magician is asked how a trick is done, s/he will answer "Very carefully" or something similar.
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Mainly composed of trick questions, with the answer occasionally not in the answer box, it's frustrated many a Let's Play host and amused many people.
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The trick, then, is to get the exceedingly dense Bullwinkle to actually give the correct answer to a question, which he finally accomplishes with this exchange.
Source: Mathematician's Answer
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