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turns tricks

turns tricks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of turn tricks.

Meaning of turn tricks

Verb

turn tricks (third-person singular simple present turns tricks, present participle turning tricks, simple past and past participle turned tricks)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To work as a prostitute, providing sexual services for money.
    • By 1996, she was a hooker sleeping in the streets or at ratty hotels in Santa Cruz and San Francisco, turning tricks to get her next bag of heroin.2004 March 21, Kevin Fagan, “The Homeless: Desperate search for Bridget—sister, mother, addict”, in San Francisco Chronicle, archived from the original on 14 Sep 2004

Questions about turns tricks

What is turns tricks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Turns tricks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of turn tricks.

Words near turns tricks in the dictionary

  1. turns to account
  2. turns to dust
  3. turns to good account
  4. turns together
  5. turns traitor
  6. turns tricks
  7. turns Turk
  8. turns turtle
  9. turns two
  10. turns under
  11. turns up

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