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party trick

party trick noun: a trick that could be performed at a party for entertainment.

Noun

party trick (plural party tricks)

  1. A trick that could be performed at a party for entertainment.
    Synonyms:
    parlour trick
  2. (broadly) A clever or tricky behavior.
    • C++ has a great party trick here: The preceeding ^([sic]) line might be in a different file!2007, Pete Goodliffe, Code Craft: The Practice of Writing Excellent Code, page 163
    • He summarised the situation to me in RAIL 612: "The railway is expanding. Sooner or later, after every engineering party trick, we run out of capacity."2020 May 6, Philip Haigh, “Just one more stop on the long journey to HS2 fulfillment [sic]”, in Rail, page 64
    Synonyms:
    parlour trick

Synonyms of party trick

Forms of party trick

pluralparty tricks

Questions about party trick

What does party trick mean?
Party trick means a trick that could be performed at a party for entertainment.
What part of speech is party trick?
Party trick is a noun.
What is the plural of party trick?
The plural of party trick is party tricks.

Words near party trick in the dictionary

  1. party time
  2. party to
  3. party to the action
  4. party tray
  5. party trays
  6. party trick
  7. party tricks
  8. party up
  9. party van
  10. party vans
  11. party verdict

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