"tricker" meaning in English

See tricker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹɪkəː/ [Received-Pronunciation], [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪkəː] [Received-Pronunciation], [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪkəː] [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɹɪkɚ/ [General-American], [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪkɚ] ~ [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪkɹ̩] [General-American], [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪkɚ] ~ [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪkɹ̩] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tricker.wav [Southern-England] Forms: trickers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ) Etymology: Derived from trick + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|trick|er<id:agent noun>}} trick + -er, {{sup|1}} ¹ Head templates: {{en-noun}} tricker (plural trickers)
  1. One who tricks or plays tricks; a practical joker; a prankster Related terms: trick, trickster
    Sense id: en-tricker-en-noun-3KzbjI-V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹɪkəː/ [Received-Pronunciation], [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪkəː] [Received-Pronunciation], [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪkəː] [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɹɪkɚ/ [General-American], [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪkɚ] ~ [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪkɹ̩] [General-American], [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪkɚ] ~ [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪkɹ̩] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tricker.wav [Southern-England] Forms: trickers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ) Etymology: From Dutch trekker. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nl|trekker}} Dutch trekker, {{sup|2}} ² Head templates: {{en-noun}} tricker (plural trickers)
  1. (British, dialectal, obsolete) A trigger. Tags: British, dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-tricker-en-noun-peOagIdc Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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