Trick

In prostitution slang a trick can refer either to a customer who pays for sex or to the act of performing a paid sexual encounter.

Prostitutes sometimes describe seeing multiple clients in a night as “turning tricks”.

Other slang words for customers

Different countries, cities, and parts of the sex industry use other terms for customers.

Common alternatives for a "trick" include:

• Date – usually used by escorts to describe a meeting with a customer.
• Regular – a client who visits the same sex worker repeatedly.
• John – often used slang for a client paying for sex, especially in the United States.
• Client – the most neutral and widely used term in the escort industry.
• Punter – a term commonly used in the United Kingdom and Australia.
• Customer – direct term sometimes used in legal or police contexts.

Sex workers may also use more informal or coded language when talking about clients, particularly when discussing work in public or online environments.