to soup up (a car, an engine) · to fix, to rig (a game, an election, etc.) · to alter the appearance or function of (something) in order to deceive others; to tamper with, to manipulate
çekim: geçmiş truccàto · ortaç truccàto · şimdiki trùcca · ulaç truccànte
köken: Borrowed from French truc. Omitting several steps, from Vulgar Latin *trūdicāre (< Latin trūdō + -icō). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trewd-.
a trick (non-obvious, often clever way to accomplish something) · a ploy, (in the plural) trickery
çekim: çoğul kneps · tamlayan kneps
köken: From Middle Low German knep. Cognate of Danish kneb. Compare also recent German Kniff. Related to the verb knipa (“squeeze”). Doublet of knip, knippe, and knippa.
ett knep för att öppna en flaska utan kapsylöppnare
catch, hitch, snag, kicker (problem or unexpected difficulty in a deal, negotiation or task) · trick (effective, clever or quick way of doing something, the "secret")
çekim: çoğul jujut · tamlayan jujun
köken: Originally a slang term, from English juju.
aile: jujuttaa
Kuulostaa hyvältä idealta, mutta mikä on homman juju?
(by) craft, cunning, guile (with a positive or negative connotation) · tricks, stratagems
çekim: çoğul ā̆stūs · tamlayan ā̆stūs
eş: dolus, calliditās
köken: Of uncertain origin. Suggestions include: * from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd-*sth₂u- (“a standing by”), from *steh₂-, thus formed to astō (“to stand by”) like the verb praestō to the adverb of the same form, with a by-form praestū. In this case the full nominal declension is secondary; * from Ancient Greek ἄστυ (ástu), from the common characterization of city-dwellers as more intelligent, also seen…