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tricker

  • a word derived from trick.
    trick
    noun
    a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.

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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

But making big moves could be tricker amid instability.

From New York Times Mar. 13, 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

Android 10 was Quince Tart Now that we know that Google has settled on Tiramisu as a codename, we can’t help but turn our attention to Android 14’s tricker U-based options.

From The Verge Feb. 11, 2022

Tramp, crampit, trigger or tricker, an iron plate fitted with spikes which the player stands upon to deliver the stone.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various