brain trick

noun

A stratagem, a clever trick; a ruse.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounbrain trick (plural brain tricks)

plural brain tricks

  1. obsoleteA stratagem, a clever trick; a ruse.

    But do I not know these are but brain-tricks?

    1613, John Marston, William Barksted, The Insatiate Countess, III.4
  2. A delusion; a trick of the brain.
  3. A puzzle designed to exercise the brain.
Cite this entry
APA

brain trick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brain%20trick

MLA

“brain trick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brain%20trick. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brain trick,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brain%20trick.

Source: brain trick on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.