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We've gone from the image of India as land of fakirs lying on beds of nails, and snake charmers with the Indian rope trick, to the image of India as a land of mathematical geniuses, computer wizards, software gurus.
Shashi Tharoor

Meaning of "rope trick" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ROPE TRICK

rope trick  [rəʊp trɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROPE TRICK

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verb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rope trick is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ROPE TRICK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rope trick in the English dictionary

The definition of rope trick in the dictionary is Indian rope trick a trick in which sb appears to climb an erect unsupported length of rope, performed by some magicians of South Asia.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROPE TRICK


asymmetric
ˌæsɪˈmɛtrɪk
biometric
ˌbaɪəʊˈmɛtrɪk
centric
ˈsɛntrɪk
dielectric
ˌdaɪɪˈlɛktrɪk
eccentric
ɪkˈsɛntrɪk
electric
ɪˈlɛktrɪk
gastric
ˈɡæstrɪk
geometric
ˌdʒɪəˈmɛtrɪk
geriatric
ˌdʒɛrɪˈætrɪk
hydroelectric
ˌhaɪdrəʊɪˈlɛktrɪk
isometric
ˌaɪsəʊˈmɛtrɪk
metric
ˈmɛtrɪk
nitric
ˈnaɪtrɪk
parametric
ˌpærəˈmɛtrɪk
Patrick
ˈpætrɪk
pediatric
ˌpiːdɪˈætrɪk
psychiatric
ˌsaɪkɪˈætrɪk
strick
strɪk
symmetric
sɪˈmɛtrɪk
trick
trɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROPE TRICK

rope
rope burn
rope dancer
rope in
rope ladder
rope maker
rope walker
rope yarn
rope-a-dope
rope-length
rope´s end
ropeable
ropedancing
ropelike
roper
ropery
ropes
ropewalk
ropeway
ropework

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROPE TRICK

brick
can´t take a trick
card trick
con trick
confidence trick
conjuring trick
Croagh Patrick
dirty trick
do the trick
Downpatrick
Fitzpatrick
hat-trick
Indian rope-trick
Kirkpatrick
out-trick
overtrick
party trick
quick trick
three-card trick
turn a trick
undertrick

Synonyms and antonyms of rope trick in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rope trick» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROPE TRICK

Find out the translation of rope trick to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rope trick from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rope trick» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

绳技巧
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

truco de la cuerda
570 millions of speakers

English

rope trick
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रस्सी चाल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حبل خدعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

уловка веревки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

truque da corda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দড়ি কৌতুক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

corde truc
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Helah tali
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Seiltrick
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ロープのトリック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

로프 트릭
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Trick tali
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dây lừa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கயிறு தந்திரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दोरीचा युक्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Halat hüner
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

trucco della corda
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

liny sztuczka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

виверт мотузки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

frânghie truc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τέχνασμα σχοινί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tou truuk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

reptricket
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tau triks
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rope trick

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROPE TRICK»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROPE TRICK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rope trick

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2 QUOTES WITH «ROPE TRICK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rope trick.
1
David Blaine
I'd go to Coney Island to hang out, and I saw a magician doing a rope trick on the boardwalk. I was fascinated. I guess that's how it started.
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Shashi Tharoor
We've gone from the image of India as land of fakirs lying on beds of nails, and snake charmers with the Indian rope trick, to the image of India as a land of mathematical geniuses, computer wizards, software gurus.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROPE TRICK»

Discover the use of rope trick in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rope trick and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Rope Trick
Motivated by her quest to learn a legendary rope trick, the magician Princess Lidi and her troupe embark on a journey through Renaissance Italy that intertwines adventure, love, and mystery.
Lloyd Alexander, 2008
2
The Rise Of The Indian Rope Trick: How A Spectacular Hoax ...
Explores one of the most successful hoaxes of all time from the mystical East, and why people were so easily fooled.
Peter Lamont, 2005
3
The Full Indian Rope Trick
The Full Indian Rope Trick is Colette Bryce's second poetry collection.
Colette Bryce, 2005
4
The Mafia Encyclopedia
Carl Sifakis. ITALIAN rope trick ITALIAN rope trick: Murder method In what may have been an effort to ethnicize a common method of murder into an Italian mold, Jimmy “the Weasel” Fratianno in his memoir-confession, The Last Mafioso by ...
Carl Sifakis, 2005
5
The Secrets of Houdini
Although the tricks actually produced by these men are poor, those they are said to perform are miraculous, the Indian rope trick being the best example of this. When Houdini was asked if he could explain how the Indian rope trick was done,  ...
J. C. Cannell, 2012
6
Self-Working Rope Magic: 70 Foolproof Tricks
As you speak, remove the wire (really a piece of rope) and perform a rope trick with it. A piece of rope can also be used to wrap up a box of tricks. Remove the rope, do a trick with it, then do tricks with the other apparatus inside the box. In some ...
Karl Fulves, 2012
7
Boys' Life
IT'S MAGIC One of the fabled classics of magic is just that — a fable and a hoax. It doesn't exist, at least not in the version described by the myth-makers. The trick that never was is known as the Indian Rope Trick. According to the legend, the ...
8
India's rope trick is faked in pictures
Of all the wonders attributed to Asia's practitioners of the occult, none is more celebrated than the prodigious Indian Rope Trick. For hundreds of years the western world has heard tales of it. Scientists, professional travelers and Orientalists ...
9
Presto! Laughter: More Than 2,800 New Laugh-Lines for Your ...
Although it's called the Indian Rope Trick, it doesn't involve any real Indians at all. Just a bunch of Oriental types. When the magician throws his rope up into the sky , what does it catch on? Would you believe a CIA black helicopter? Why does ...
Carroll Lisby, 2010
10
Net of Magic: Wonders and Deceptions in India
ROPES AND AIR discussions of the Rope Trick that came out of Britain in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, it is no less surprising that more modern , Western explanations would not focus on a peculiarly Indian superstitiousness but ...
Lee Siegel, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROPE TRICK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rope trick is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Hillary's Rope Trick Getting a Bum Rap
The American public has a pretty high level of seething contempt for politicians. However, this is easily matched (if not surpassed) by the level of seething ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Modi at BRICS: India's Rope Trick on Internet Governance
Modi at BRICS: India's Rope Trick on Internet Governance. India's support to an an open, plural and global internet at an international conference last month ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
3
BGT stunt double row RE-CAP: Reaction as winner Jules O'Dwyer …
Jules O'Dwyer and her dog Matisse TRICKED Britain's Got Talent viewers by having a stunt dog perform the tight-rope trick. The duo were crowned champions ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
4
Our Politicians Shout, Boast, Do the Rope Trick. Luckily Our Anarchy …
Only in India, the land of the rope trick, is it possible to have five channels each of which is No. 1. Politicians flatter the channels by imitation—outshouting one ... «The New Indian Express, May 15»
5
The Ten Fab Indian Rope Trick
“Fab City will have everything in terms of infrastructure, power, water and chemicals which the semiconductor industry needs,” an Infineon spokesman told me, ... «ElectronicsWeekly.com, May 15»
6
The Great Indian Rope Trick by Roderick Matthews
At the start, one should make a disclosure. Roderick Matthews' great-grandfather was the private tutor of Jawaharlal Nehru and his wife was the governess of ... «Business Today, Apr 15»
7
Sounds of the Stock Show: Rope trick artist Elias Santoyo
Elias Santoyo, from Zacatecas, Mexico, performed rope tricks as part of the Centenario Charro team during the Mexican Rodeo Extravaganza on Sunday. «Colorado Public Radio, Jan 15»
8
Kids Pull Off Epic Invisible Rope Trick (VIDEO)
In the video above, two kids pull off an epic invisible rope trick. It's so believable that the driver has to get out of his car and wave his hand through the air just to ... «First to Know, Dec 14»
9
The Math of Whips, Chains and Ropes
In the end, he confirmed that, as expected, the Flat Rope trick is physically possible and that it is important to start with a big enough loop to do the trick. «New York Times, Oct 14»
10
ICC World T20: West Indian over-the-rope trick
Faith is central to Darren Sammy's life. So, maybe, it was apt that the West Indies captain strode out to the middle when his team were in need of a minor miracle. «Indian Express, Apr 14»

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