tricky - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

Forum API

- See Also:
- - trichroic
  - trichromatic
  - trick
  - trick cyclist
  - trickery
  - trickle
  - trickle charger
  - trickle-down
  - trickster
  - tricksy
  - tricky
  - triclinic
  - triclinium
  - tricolour
  - tricorne
  - tricot
  - tricuspid
  - tricycle
  - tricyclic
  - tridactyl
  - trident
- Settings:
- - Click on word:
    gets translation
    does nothing
- - Recent searches:
    - Save history
    - View All
- Links:
- WR Random Word:
- Try out WordReference Random Word! Each page load will return a random word from the dictionary. Or test your knowledge and have each page load with the definition hidden!

tricky

Listen:

in Spanish | in French | in Italian | English synonyms | in context | images

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tricky/ˈtrɪki/

▶adjective (trickier, trickiest)

1 requiring care and skill because difficult or awkward.

2 deceitful or crafty.

– derivatives
trickily adverb,
trickiness noun.

'tricky' also found in these Oxford entries:

teaser - wicket

Forum discussions with the word(s) "tricky" in the title:

Ask in the forums yourself.Visit the English Only Forum.

Look up "tricky" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "tricky" at dictionary.com

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | German | Russian | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Download free Android and iPhone apps

Android App

iPhone App

Report an inappropriate ad.