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tricky

adj
/ˈtɹɪk.i/

Etymology

From trick + -y.

  1. derived from *dreg-✻
  2. derived from *trakjaną✻
  3. derived from trekken
  4. derived from treck
  5. derived from tricor
  6. derived from tricāre
  7. derived from *triccāre✻
  8. derived from trechen
  9. derived from trique
  10. inherited from trikke
  11. formed as tricky — “trick + -y”

Definitions

  1. Hard to deal with, complicated.

    • They were in a tricky situation.
    • "The trickiest we ever get," he continued, "is in the short-answer questions like, 'Why do you want to come to the University of Chicago?' or, 'What books have you read?'

  2. Adept at using deception.

    • A tricky salesman can sell anything.
    • Clever got me this far Then tricky got me in Eye on what I'm after I don't need another friend

  3. Relating to or associated with a prostitution trick.

    • I don't want any of your tricky money, thank you!

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Derived

trickily, trickiness, tricky racket, tricky slave

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for tricky. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA