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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

속임수

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sogimsu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Trick/trɪk/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1400 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그것은 단순한 눈속임에 불과하다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An action intended to deceive, outwit, or defraud someone.

    "The salesman used a clever trick to get me to buy the more expensive model."
  2. 2

    A skillful act performed to entertain or amuse an audience, such as magic or acrobatics.

    "The street magician performed an amazing card trick."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'trikke', originating from Old French 'trichier' (to cheat or trick), which stems from the Vulgar Latin *triccare. Historically evolving from notions of deceit and cunning, the term expanded over centuries to also denote a clever solution, skill, or illusion.

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