trick out

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trick out

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Perhaps from dialectal English trig out (“to dress smartly”), perhaps an alteration of rig out. More at trig.

verb tricks out · tricking out · tricked out

  1. informal, transitive, of a person or thing To dress or decorate in an especially fancy, elaborate, or excessive manner. Tom was to be sure, what is called a good boy; he never soiled his clothes, as I did. I was always considered as a rantipole, for whom any thing was good enough. But when I saw my brother tricked out in new clothes, and his old duds covering me like a scarecrow, I appeal to any honourable mind wheth

    Similar: adorn, embellish, festoon

  2. informal, transitive Of a motor vehicle, etc.: to mod or customize an object, typically for the purposes of personalization and enhancing performance capabilities such as the ability to perform stunts. His friends were particularly impressed with the way he tricked out his Ruckus.

    Similar: customize, modify

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@misc{trick_out_2026,
  title = {trick out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trick%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}