Tricking

//ˈtɹɪkɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Dress; ornament.

    "Go get us properties / And tricking for our fairies."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of trick form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Deceptive; using trickery. archaic

    "[I]t is the degenerate fondness for tricking short-cuts, and little fallacious facilities, that has in so many parts of the world created governments with arbitrary powers."

Synonyms

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circumventiondelusionentanglemententrapmentfallacyfalseness

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"Love is nature's way of tricking people into reproducing."

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