Associations to the word «Tricky»

Wiktionary

TRICKY, adjective. Hard to deal with, complicated
TRICKY, adjective. Adept at using deception
TRICKY SLAVE, noun. A fictional character who fits into the archetype of being lower-class, more clever than the other characters, and helping the protagonists.
TRICKY SLAVES, noun. Plural of tricky slave

Dictionary definition

TRICKY, adjective. Not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee.
TRICKY, adjective. Having concealed difficulty; "a catchy question"; "a tricky recipe to follow".
TRICKY, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats