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RELATED WORDS : bag of tricks baseball play basketball play child's play dirty tricks double play dramatic play draw play football play force play foul play in play match play medal play miracle play morality play mystery play out of play passing play passion play period of play play play a joke on play a trick on play along play around play around with play back play ball play by ear play down play dumb play false play group play havoc with play hooky play it by ear play list play off play on play on words play out play possum play reading play safe play the game play the market play therapy play up play up to play with fire power play puppet play running play safety squeeze play satyr play shadow play squeeze play stroke play suicide squeeze play trap play triple play word play

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb play tricks has 1 sense

• play tricks(v = verb.social) flim-flam, fob, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, pull a fast one on, trick - deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"
is one way to cozen, deceive, delude, lead on
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

ROGET THESAURUS

play tricks

Amusement

VB amuse, entertain, divert, enliven, tickle the fancy, titillate, raise a smile, put in good humor, cause laughter, create laughter, occasion laughter, raise laughter, excite laughter, produce laughter, convulse with laughter, set the table in a roar, be the death of one, recreate, solace, cheer, rejoice, please, interest, treat, regale, amuse oneself, game, play a game, play pranks, play tricks, sport, disport, toy, wanton, revel, junket, feast, carouse, banquet, make merry, drown care, drive dull care away, frolic, gambol, frisk, romp, caper, dance, keep up the ball, run a rig, sow one's wild oats, have one's fling, take one's pleasure, paint the town red, see life, desipere in loco, play the fool, make holiday, keep holiday, go a Maying, while away the time, beguile the time, kill time, dally, smile, simper, smirk, grin, grin like a Cheshire cat, mock, laugh in one's sleeve, laugh, laugh outright, giggle, titter, snigger, crow, snicker, chuckle, cackle, burst out, burst into a fit of laughter, shout, split, roar, shake one's sides, split one's sides, hold both one's sides, roar with laughter, die with laughter.

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