"magic trick" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: magic tricks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} magic trick (plural magic tricks)
  1. A remarkable act carried out purportedly by magical means but in reality performed by trickery or illusion, generally as a form of entertainment. Hyponyms: conjuring trick, parlour trick, vanishing trick Translations (act of illusion or magic): 戲法 (Chinese Mandarin), 戏法 (xìfǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 魔術 (Chinese Mandarin), 魔术 (móshù) (Chinese Mandarin), goocheltruc [masculine] (Dutch), taikatemppu (Finnish), taikakeino (Finnish), poppakonsti (Finnish), tour de magie [masculine] (French), Zauberkunststück [neuter] (German), Zaubertrick [masculine] (German), bűvésztrükk (Hungarian), bűvészmutatvány (Hungarian), praestīgiae [feminine, plural] (Latin), magiczna sztuczka [feminine] (Polish), truc de magie [neuter] (Romanian), truc magic [neuter] (Romanian), фо́кус (fókus) [masculine] (Russian), truco de magia [masculine] (Spanish), màn ảo thuật (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-magic_trick-en-noun-XTklIfU5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "act of illusion or magic",
      "word": "bűvésztrükk"
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      "code": "vi",
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