Definitions for tricky
ˈtrɪk itricky

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. slippery, tricky(adj)

   not to be trusted

   "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee

2. catchy, tricky(adj)

   having concealed difficulty

   "a catchy question"; "a tricky recipe to follow"

3. crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily(adj)

   marked by skill in deception

   "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

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1. tricky(Adjective)

   hard to deal with, complicated

   They were in a tricky situation.

2. tricky(Adjective)

   adept at using deception

   A tricky salesman can sell anything.

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1. Tricky(adj)

   given to tricks; practicing deception; trickish; knavish

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1. Tricky

   Tricky is an English musician and actor. As a producer and a musician, he is noted for a dark, rich and layered sound and a whispering sprechgesang lyrical style. Culturally, Tricky blends different styles, particularly in his musical fusion of rock and hip hop, high art and pop culture. His debut album Maxinquaye was nominated for the Mercury Prize and voted Album of the Year by NME Magazine.

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1. tricky

   Song lyrics by tricky -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by tricky on the Lyrics.com website.

How to pronounce tricky?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tricky in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tricky in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of tricky in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   Look, you always have to be concerned, you don't know exactly who you're dealing with. I had a great great meeting with the president of China and that meeting tells me a lot and you've seen a lot of things happen. They have a pretty good power, not a great power perhaps, but a pretty good power over North Korea. We're gonna see what happens. It's a very, very tricky situation.

2. Nadif Jama:

   The fallacy and satanic mindset of Al Shabaab is that in Somalia, they kill Muslims and Somalis, they cross the border here and then say they are killing non-Muslims. That is a tricky way of doing business.

3. Ehsan Sehgal:

   Self-denial mostly executes a tricky way, for self-presentation, as an authentic personality.

4. Adonia Simpson:

   It’s going to be a little bit more tricky for some applicants.

5. Julian Sanchez:

   There’s plenty of scaremongering around steps broadband providers could take in the absence of neutrality regulation — blocking off certain sites, or charging extra fees to access certain services — but not a ton of reason to think they would do these things, which would antagonize customers, be technically tricky to enforce against sophisticated users, and invite the re-imposition of regulations, what’s more realistic is the introduction of plans that provide higher speeds for specific bandwidth-intensive services.

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