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trick up

trick up verb: to add adornments, such as costume pieces; to decorate or make something appear fancy.

Verb

trick up (third-person singular simple present tricks up, present participle tricking up, simple past and past participle tricked up)

  1. To add adornments, such as costume pieces; to decorate or make something appear fancy.
  2. (transitive) To add tricks to a course or hole, including hazards in full golf and barriers in minigolf.

Forms of trick up

third-person singular presenttricks up
present participletricking up
past participletricked up
pasttricked up

Questions about trick up

What does trick up mean?
Trick up means to add adornments, such as costume pieces; to decorate or make something appear fancy.
What part of speech is trick up?
Trick up is a verb.
What is the past tense of trick up?
The past tense of trick up is tricked up.

Words near trick up in the dictionary

  1. trick questions
  2. trick shot
  3. trick shots
  4. trick turner
  5. trick turners
  6. trick up
  7. trick up one's sleeve
  8. trick wig
  9. trick wigs
  10. trick-or-treat
  11. trick-or-treated

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