trick question

noun

A question that attempts to elicit an answer in a certain way, often a misleading or incorrect one, or a question that lacks a clear answer, conceals its true intent, or obscures an underlying difficulty.

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Meanings

nountrick question (plural trick questions)

plural trick questions

  1. idiomaticA question that attempts to elicit an answer in a certain way, often a misleading or incorrect one, or a question that lacks a clear answer, conceals its true intent, or obscures an underlying difficulty.
  2. rareA complex question, whose wording hinders the ability to answer it correctly.

Translations

Arabic سُؤَال خَادِع
  • سُؤَال خَادِع (suʔāl ḵādiʕ)misleading question
Chinese Mandarin 陷阱題 /陷阱题
  • 陷阱題 /陷阱题 (xiànjǐngtí)misleading question
Czech záludná otázka, chyták
  • záludná otázkamisleading question
  • chytákmisleading question
Dutch strikvraag
  • strikvraagmisleading question
Finnish kompakysymys, kompa
  • kompakysymysmisleading question
  • kompamisleading question
French question piège
  • question piègemisleading question
German Fangfrage
  • Fangfragemisleading question
Greek ερώτηση-παγίδα
  • ερώτηση-παγίδα (erótisi-pagída)misleading question
Hungarian becsapós kérdés
  • becsapós kérdésmisleading question
Italian trabocchetto
  • trabocchettomisleading question
Polish podchwytliwe pytanie
  • podchwytliwe pytaniemisleading question
Portuguese pegadinha, pega-ratão
  • pegadinhamisleading question
  • pega-ratãomisleading question
  • pega-bobomisleading question
Romanian întrebare capcană
  • întrebare capcanămisleading question
Russian каверзный вопрос, вопрос на засыпку
  • каверзный вопрос (kaverznyj vopros)misleading question
  • вопрос на засыпку (vopros na zasypku)misleading question
Spanish pregunta tipo trampa, pregunta capciosa
  • pregunta tipo trampamisleading question
  • pregunta capciosamisleading question
Swedish kuggfråga, kuggis
  • kuggfrågamisleading question
  • kuggismisleading question
Turkish tuzak soru
  • tuzak sorumisleading question
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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