"trick question" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: trick questions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} trick question (plural trick questions)
  1. A question that tries to make someone answer in a certain way, usually incorrectly (i.e. that seems to have an obvious answer that is however incorrect), or that doesn't have a correct answer or that hides the real question or some difficulty. Usually a loaded question.
    Sense id: en-trick_question-en-noun-n6KFcfqa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42
  2. (rare) A complex question, whose wording hinders the ability to answer it correctly. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-trick_question-en-noun-WDIGRWmf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (misleading question): záludná otázka [feminine] (Czech), chyták [masculine] (Czech), strikvraag [feminine] (Dutch), kompakysymys (Finnish), kompa (Finnish), question piège (French), Fangfrage [feminine] (German), becsapós kérdés (Hungarian), trabocchetto [masculine] (Italian), podchwytliwe pytanie [neuter] (Polish), întrebare capcană [feminine] (Romanian), pregunta trampa [feminine] (Spanish), kuggfråga [common-gender] (Swedish), kuggis [colloquial, common-gender] (Swedish), tuzak soru (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'misleading question': 47 53

Inflected forms

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