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tricking out

tricking out is the present participle and gerund of trick out.

Meaning of trick out

Verb

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

  1. (informal, transitive) To dress or decorate in an especially fancy, elaborate, or excessive manner.
    • Tom was to be sure, what is called a good boy; he never soiled his clothes, as I did. I was always considered as a rantipole, for whom any thing was good enough. But when I saw my brother tricked out in new clothes, and his old duds covering me like a scarecrow, I appeal to any honourable mind...1829, [Frederick Marryat], chapter V, in The Naval Officer; or, Scenes and Adventures in the Life of Frank Mildmay. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 150
    Synonyms:
    adorn, embellish, festoon
  2. (informal, transitive) Of a motor vehicle, etc.: to mod or customize an object, typically for the purposes of personalization and enhancing performance capabilities such as the ability to perform stunts.
    • His friends were particularly impressed with the way he tricked out his Ruckus.
    Synonyms:
    customize, modify

Questions about tricking out

What is tricking out the present participle and gerund of?
Tricking out is the present participle and gerund of trick out.

Words near tricking out in the dictionary

  1. trickily
  2. trickiness
  3. trickinesses
  4. tricking
  5. tricking off
  6. tricking out
  7. tricking up
  8. trickingly
  9. trickings
  10. trickish
  11. trickishly

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