"tricky" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈtɹɪk.i/ Audio: en-us-tricky.ogg 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)
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  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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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "mošeničeski",
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      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "listig"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "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"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "ovela"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "juonikas"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "tukala"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "rusé"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "malin"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "retors"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "gerissen"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "δυσνόητος"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "ravasz"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "cseles"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "trükkös"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "fifikás"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "ördöngös"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "dörzsölt"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "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",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "cleasach"
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    {
      "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"
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      "code": "ota",
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      "roman": "asmak",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "آصمق"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "truqueiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pronýrlivyj",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "проны́рливый"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "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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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "listig"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "knepig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "aldatıcı"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "adept at using deception",
      "word": "kurnaz"
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