"trick out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: tricks out [present, singular, third-person], tricking out [participle, present], tricked out [participle, past], tricked out [past]
Etymology: Perhaps from dialectal English trig out (“to dress smartly”), perhaps an alteration of rig out. More at trig. Etymology templates: {{m|en|trig out||to dress smartly}} trig out (“to dress smartly”), {{m|en|rig out}} rig out, {{l|en|trig}} trig Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} trick out (third-person singular simple present tricks out, present participle tricking out, simple past and past participle tricked out)
  1. (informal, transitive, of a person or thing) To dress or decorate in an especially fancy, elaborate, or excessive manner. Tags: informal, transitive Synonyms: adorn, embellish, festoon
    Sense id: en-trick_out-en-verb-TCLYEt1i
  2. (transitive, informal) Of a motor vehicle, etc.: to mod or customize an object, typically for the purposes of personalization and enhancing performance capabilities such as the ability to perform stunts. Tags: informal, transitive Synonyms: customize, modify Derived forms: tricked out [adjective]
    Sense id: en-trick_out-en-verb-G10CvCmy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 24 76

Inflected forms

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