Meanings
tricker1
plural trickers
- One who tricks or plays tricks; a practical joker; a prankster
tricker2
plural trickers
- UKdialectalobsoleteA trigger.
[W]e pull'd aſide the Tricker, and obſerv'd, that according to our expectation the force of the Spring of the Lock vvas not ſenſibly abated by the abſence of the Air.
1659 December 30 (date written), Robert Boyle, “[Experiment 14]”, in New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall, Touching the Spring of the Air, and Its Effects […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] H[enry] Hall, printer to the University, for Tho[mas] Robinson, published 1660, →OCLC, page 89
Tricker3
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone who plays practical jokes on others
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
tricker · noun
- Dutchtrekker
- Englishtricker
From Dutch trekker.
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Full word history & related roots →Tricker · proper noun
From tricker, a nickname for a deceiver or trickster.
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tricker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tricker
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