Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who tricks; a cheat; a trickster.
- noun An obsolete form of
trigger .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Obs. or Prov. Eng. A trigger.
- noun One who tricks; a trickster.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
tricks or plays tricks; apractical joker ; aprankster - noun obsolete, UK, dialect A
trigger .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who plays practical jokes on others
Etymologies
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Examples
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The sore hands thing is, of course, because I am working on harder climbs, which means concomitantly smaller and tricker handholds requiring (often) greater force to stick on.
i'll make you lick my injury. truepenny 2010
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As for the one on private land, that one a little tricker, the dog was technically on private land, and thus the Owner was trespassing.
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As for the one on private land, that one a little tricker, the dog was technically on private land, and thus the Owner was trespassing.
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Dialect differences: This is tricker, but linguists have known forever that Black, Southern, Scots, Irish and many other kinds of English differ from the standard not randomly because their speakers are lazy but systematically.
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I also had to delay getting my coffee, which made navigating the above that much tricker.
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2009
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Rebooking is tricker than ever — as many discovered during the recent snowstorms in the South and Northeast — because airlines have reduced their schedules and are running at capacity.
Room Service in Terminal B Scott McCartney 2011
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Brands and logos are of course protected under trade mark, but what comes under copyright is a tricker situation.
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Hair-tricker sensitivities that have Muslim extremists respond to real or perceived insults with death threats, violent demonstrations, murder and terrorism, make it difficult or even impossible for non-Muslims to believe the claim that Islam is a ‘religion of peace.’
Muslim Labour MP: British Muslims have ‘victim mentality’ 2008
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Buying them individually is tricker as it should be a percentage of your shelf price.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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Brands and logos are of course protected under trade mark, but what comes under copyright is a tricker situation.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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