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Past tense of trick

regular verb

The past tense of trick is tricked. The past participle is also tricked.

Forms of trick

Base form (V1)trick /ˈtɹɪk/
Past tense (V2)tricked
Past participle (V3)tricked
Present participletricking /ˈtɹɪkɪŋ/
Third person singulartricks /tɹɪks/

Tricked in a sentence

  • I was once tricked into believing I had left my phone in the locker.
  • His fortunes have been going south ever since he was tricked into investing in that ostrich farm.From the entry south
  • Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.From the entry large
  • His friends were particularly impressed with the way he tricked out his Ruckus.From the entry trick out
  • The salesman tricked me into paying twice for the same thing. That was a fast one!From the entry fast one

Meaning of trick

  1. noun Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
  2. noun A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
  3. noun An entertaining difficult physical action.

Full definition of trick

Questions about the past tense of trick

What is the past tense of trick?
The past tense of trick is tricked.
What is the past participle of trick?
The past participle of trick is tricked.
Is trick a regular or irregular verb?
Trick is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: trick (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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