"tricky" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈtɹɪk.i/ Audio: en-us-tricky.ogg [US] Forms: trickier [comparative], trickiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪki Etymology: From trick + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|trick|y}} trick + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} tricky (comparative trickier, superlative trickiest)
  1. Hard to deal with, complicated. Translations (hard to deal with): նենգոտ (nengot) (Armenian), труден (truden) (Bulgarian), сложен (složen) (Bulgarian), 麻烦 (máfan) (Chinese Mandarin), netelig (Dutch), netelige (Dutch), keeruline (Estonian), täbar (Estonian), hankala (Finnish), tukala (Finnish), épineux (French), compliqué (French), complexe (French), délicat (French), schwierig (German), heikel (German), περίπλοκος (períplokos) (Greek), μπερδεμένος (berdeménos) (Greek), טְרִיקִי (Hebrew), nehéz (Hungarian), fogas (Hungarian), fogós (Hungarian), húzós (Hungarian), insidioso (Italian), ingannevole (Italian), pericoloso (Italian), podchwytliwy (Polish), complicado (Portuguese), каверзны́й (kaverznýj) (Russian), щекотли́вый (ščekotlívyj) (Russian), difícil (Spanish), dificultoso (Spanish), chungo [colloquial] (Spanish), se las trae [colloquial] (Spanish), tener su intríngulis [colloquial] (Spanish), knepig (Swedish), meckig [colloquial] (Swedish), güç (Turkish), zor (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-tricky-en-adj-NSP0Gg5- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 7 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 68 20 12 Disambiguation of 'hard to deal with': 98 1 1
  2. Adept at using deception. Translations (adept at using deception): мошенически (mošeničeski) (Bulgarian), listig (Dutch), listige (Dutch), kaval (Estonian), petlik (Estonian), ovela (Finnish), juonikas (Finnish), tukala (Finnish), rusé (French), malin (French), retors (French), gerissen (German), δυσνόητος (dysnóitos) (Greek), ravasz (Hungarian), cseles (Hungarian), trükkös (Hungarian), fifikás (Hungarian), ördöngös (Hungarian), dörzsölt (Hungarian), furfangos (Hungarian), agyafúrt (Hungarian), cleasach (Irish), 狡猾な (kōkatsu na) (Japanese), dolōsus (Latin), آصمق (asmak) (Ottoman Turkish), truqueiro (Portuguese), проны́рливый (pronýrlivyj) (Russian), ло́вкий (lóvkij) (Russian), оборо́тистый (oborótistyj) (Russian), lurig (Swedish), listig (Swedish), knepig (Swedish), aldatıcı (Turkish), kurnaz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-tricky-en-adj-l9GsRqHW Disambiguation of 'adept at using deception': 1 98 1
  3. (colloquial, slang) Relating to or associated with a prostitution trick. Tags: colloquial, slang
    Sense id: en-tricky-en-adj-pn-FBtIj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: trickily, trickiness, tricky racket, tricky slave Related terms: trick, sneaky

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Several types of diesel locomotive have been tested on this working and as a result the probable choice will be Type 2 diesels in pairs, without bankers. The crucial factor in the selection of this method is the higher degree of adhesion obtained than with a single Type 4; on trial one of the latter showed that in very adverse conditions it might slip to a standstill at one of the two tricky spots on the steep climb from Tyne Dock to Consett.",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "hard to deal with",
          "word": "keeruline"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "lang": "Estonian",
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          "word": "täbar"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "hankala"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "hard to deal with",
          "word": "épineux"
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          "word": "compliqué"
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          "word": "délicat"
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          "word": "schwierig"
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          "word": "περίπλοκος"
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          "word": "μπερδεμένος"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "hard to deal with",
          "word": "טְרִיקִי"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "word": "nehéz"
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          "word": "fogas"
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          "sense": "hard to deal with",
          "word": "insidioso"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "hard to deal with",
          "word": "ingannevole"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "hard to deal with",
          "word": "pericoloso"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "hard to deal with",
          "word": "podchwytliwy"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "hard to deal with",
          "word": "complicado"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kaverznýj",
          "sense": "hard to deal with",
          "word": "каверзны́й"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ščekotlívyj",
          "sense": "hard to deal with",
          "word": "щекотли́вый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "hard to deal with",
          "word": "difícil"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "hard to deal with",
          "word": "dificultoso"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "hard to deal with",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "chungo"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "hard to deal with",
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          "word": "se las trae"
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          "sense": "hard to deal with",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tener su intríngulis"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "hard to deal with",
          "word": "knepig"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "hard to deal with",
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          "text": "A tricky salesman can sell anything.",
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          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "mošeničeski",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "мошенически"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "word": "listig"
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          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "listige"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "kaval"
        },
        {
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "petlik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "ovela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "juonikas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "tukala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "rusé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "malin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "retors"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "gerissen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "dysnóitos",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "δυσνόητος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "ravasz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "cseles"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "trükkös"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "fifikás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "ördöngös"
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        {
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "dörzsölt"
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          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "furfangos"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "agyafúrt"
        },
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
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          "word": "cleasach"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kōkatsu na",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "狡猾な"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "dolōsus"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "asmak",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "آصمق"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "truqueiro"
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          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pronýrlivyj",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "проны́рливый"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "lóvkij",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "ло́вкий"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oborótistyj",
          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "оборо́тистый"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "adept at using deception",
          "word": "lurig"
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          "word": "listig"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
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          "sense": "adept at using deception",
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        "(colloquial, slang) Relating to or associated with a prostitution trick."
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Requests for review of Korean translations",
    "Requests for review of Mandarin translations",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "trick"
    },
    {
      "word": "sneaky"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They were in a tricky situation.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1964 September, “News: Fewer diesels for NER in 1965”, in Modern Railways, page 201",
          "text": "Several types of diesel locomotive have been tested on this working and as a result the probable choice will be Type 2 diesels in pairs, without bankers. The crucial factor in the selection of this method is the higher degree of adhesion obtained than with a single Type 4; on trial one of the latter showed that in very adverse conditions it might slip to a standstill at one of the two tricky spots on the steep climb from Tyne Dock to Consett.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 September 15, Amy Lawrence, “Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton”, in the Guardian",
          "text": "It was as comfortable an afternoon as Arsène Wenger could have wished for in a situation that can be tricky in between internationals and the upcoming Champions League.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hard to deal with, complicated."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A tricky salesman can sell anything.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Adept at using deception."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Adept",
          "adept"
        ],
        [
          "deception",
          "deception"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I don't want any of your tricky money, thank you!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Relating to or associated with a prostitution trick."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prostitution",
          "prostitution"
        ],
        [
          "trick",
          "trick"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, slang) Relating to or associated with a prostitution trick."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɹɪk.i/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪki"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/En-us-tricky.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nengot",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "նենգոտ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "truden",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "труден"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "složen",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "сложен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "máfan",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "麻烦"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "netelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "netelige"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "keeruline"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "täbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "hankala"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "tukala"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "épineux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "compliqué"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "complexe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "délicat"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "schwierig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "heikel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "períplokos",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "περίπλοκος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "berdeménos",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "μπερδεμένος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "טְרִיקִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "nehéz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "fogas"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "fogós"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "húzós"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "insidioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "ingannevole"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "pericoloso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "podchwytliwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "complicado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kaverznýj",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "каверзны́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ščekotlívyj",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "щекотли́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "difícil"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "dificultoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "chungo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "se las trae"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "tener su intríngulis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "knepig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "meckig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "güç"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hard to deal with",
      "word": "zor"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mošeničeski",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "мошенически"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "listig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "listige"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "kaval"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "petlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "ovela"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "juonikas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "tukala"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "rusé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "malin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "retors"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "gerissen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dysnóitos",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "δυσνόητος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "ravasz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "cseles"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "trükkös"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "fifikás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "ördöngös"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "dörzsölt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "furfangos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "agyafúrt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "cleasach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōkatsu na",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "狡猾な"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "dolōsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "asmak",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "آصمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "truqueiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pronýrlivyj",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "проны́рливый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lóvkij",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "ло́вкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oborótistyj",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "оборо́тистый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "lurig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "listig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "knepig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "aldatıcı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "kurnaz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tricky"
}

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