Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trick of the trade

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English

Syllables: trick- of the -trade
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shortcut or other quick, or very effective way of doing things, that professional workers learn from experience.

Example Sentences

"For the most part, he has some knack, or trick of the trade, which by close inspection can be delected, and so the heart of his mystery be seen into."
"There is no trick of the trade which he does not know, no artifice which he does not which he does not habitually practise."
"We spent a lot of time up on the staging of the great furnaces, trying to pick up the tricks of the trade from the taciturn furnacemen who sat around placidly smoking, or chewing twist, and occasionally throwing in more pig iron to the molten white-hot metal."
"Most customers won't notice this trick of the trade, since the part is not sat upon."

Inflected Forms

tricks of the trade (plural)

Questions

What does trick of the trade mean?: A shortcut or other quick, or very effective way of doing things, that professional workers learn from experience.

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