"brain trick" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brain tricks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} brain trick (plural brain tricks)
  1. (obsolete) A stratagem, a clever trick; a ruse. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-brain_trick-en-noun-gso528et Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 10 39
  2. A delusion; a trick of the brain.
    Sense id: en-brain_trick-en-noun-fqQGPL8c
  3. A puzzle designed to exercise the brain.
    Sense id: en-brain_trick-en-noun-DL0a1iH6

Inflected forms

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