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tricking up

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

Meaning of trick up

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.

Questions about tricking up

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

Words near tricking up in the dictionary

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

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