Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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trickster

UK /ˈtɹɪk.stə/ · US /ˈtɹɪk.stɚ/ noun, verb

Forms tricksters trickstering trickstered

  1. noun (mythology, literature) Any of numerous figures featuring in various mythologies and folk traditions, who use guile and secret knowledge to challenge authority and play tricks and pranks on others with their acts of trickery; any similar figure in literature.
  2. noun One who plays tricks or pranks on others. “A skilled trickster knows how to outsmart their enemies with ease.”
  3. noun One who performs tricks (parts of a magician act or entertainingly difficult physical actions). “Our fellow trickster will perform some impressive magic tricks tonight.”
  4. noun An impish or playful person.
  5. noun A fraud or cheat (person who performs a trick or hoax full of falsehoods for the purpose of unlawful gain). “That shady trickster faked being a psychic advisor to spread misinformation and gain profit.”
  6. verb (intransitive) To engage in the antics of a trickster; to play tricks.

Synonyms

prankster tricker trepan cut-up hoaxer practical joker deceiver cheat cheater beguiler slicker

Etymology

From trick + -ster.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “trickster”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details