trick out

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trick out

trick up

(tr, adverb) to dress up; deck out: tricked out in frilly dresses.

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trick out - put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"

attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick up, gussy up, overdress, prink, get up

primp, preen, dress, plume - dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera"

prank - dress up showily; "He pranked himself out in his best clothes"

tart up - dress up in a cheap and provocative way

dress, dress up - dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie"

enrobe - adorn with a robe

dizen, bedizen - dress up garishly and tastelessly

dress, get dressed - put on clothes; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?"

costume, dress up - dress in a costume; "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins"

trick

noun

1. An indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end:

artifice, deception, device, dodge, feint, gimmick, imposture, jig, maneuver, ploy, ruse, sleight, stratagem, subterfuge, wile.

Informal: shenanigan, take-in.

2. A mischievous act:

antic, caper, frolic, joke, lark, prank.

Informal: shenanigan.

Slang: monkeyshine (often used in plural).

3. The proper method for doing, using, or handling something:

feel, knack.

Informal: hang.

4. A clever, dexterous act:

feat, stunt.

5. A limited, often assigned period of activity, duty, or opportunity:

bout, go, hitch, inning (often used in plural), shift, spell, stint, stretch, time, tour, turn, watch.

verb

To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation:

beguile, betray, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, fool, hoodwink, humbug, mislead, take in.

Informal: bamboozle, have.

Slang: four-flush.

Idioms: lead astray, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, put something over on, take for a ride.

phrasal verb
trick out or up

Informal. To dress in formal or special clothing:

array, attire, deck (out), dress up, prank.

Slang: doll up.

adjective

So weak or defective as to be liable to fail:

undependable, unreliable.

Translations

w>trick out

vt sep → herausputzen; tricked out in her Sunday best → in ihrem Sonntagsstaat; tricked out in all one’s finery → in vollem Staat

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We returned to the hotel to trick out our Duncan vests and mentally prepare for the showdown.