noun
- A magic spell, trick, or enchantment; a piece of mischievous or playful magic.
Usage: Scottish and Northern English dialect; Often used in folklore and fantasy contexts
Examples
- The old witch cast a cantraip to make the milk sour.
- He performed a clever cantraip that made the coin disappear.
- In Scottish folklore, cantraips were often blamed for unexplained misfortunes.
- The wizard's cantraip transformed the pumpkin into a carriage.
- She didn't believe in cantraips until she witnessed the strange magic herself.