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brain trick

brain trick noun: a stratagem, a clever trick; a ruse.

Noun

brain trick (plural brain tricks)

  1. (obsolete) A stratagem, a clever trick; a ruse.
    • But do I not know these are but brain-tricks?1613, John Marston, William Barksted, The Insatiate Countess, III.4
  2. A delusion; a trick of the brain.
  3. A puzzle designed to exercise the brain.

Forms of brain trick

pluralbrain tricks

Questions about brain trick

What does brain trick mean?
Brain trick means a stratagem, a clever trick; a ruse.
What part of speech is brain trick?
Brain trick is a noun.
What is the plural of brain trick?
The plural of brain trick is brain tricks.

Words near brain trick in the dictionary

  1. brain surgeons
  2. brain surgeries
  3. brain surgery
  4. brain tiredness
  5. brain traffic
  6. brain trick
  7. brain tricks
  8. brain trust
  9. brain trusts
  10. brain tumor
  11. brain tumors

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