- a word derived from trick.
Example Sentences
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His deal with SpaceX will likely be much tricker to pull off: It depends on the “establishment of a permanent human colony on Mars with at least 1 million inhabitants.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026
That is a tricker question than you might think.
From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2023
While bigger brands such as Burberry and Raf Simons, among the most-anticipated highlights this season, pulled out of the Sept 16-20 event, for smaller labels doing so is tricker.
From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2022
That is a tricker message than simply declaring victory at some point.
From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2021
The Tyger coming that way again touches something that is fastned to the tricker of the Cross-bow, and so it discharges upon him.