hocus-pocus

Definition of Hocus-pocus in English :

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Noun

1. hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, trickery

verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hocus-pocus

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noun

1.

trickery or chicanery

2.

mystifying jargon

3.

an incantation used by conjurors or magicians when performing tricks

4.

conjuring skill or practice

. Also called: hokey-pokey

verb -cuses, -cusing, -cused, -cuses, -cussing or -cussed

5.

to deceive or trick (someone)

Hocus-pocus

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noun

1.

meaningless words used as a formula by conjurers

2.

a magician's trick or trickery; sleight of hand; legerdemain

3.

any meaningless action or talk drawing attention away from some deception

4.

trickery; deception

verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈhoˈcus-pocused or ˈhoˈcus-pocussed, ˈhoˈcus-pocusing or ˈhoˈcus-pocussing

5. Informal

to trick; dupe

Hocus-pocus

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n.

1. Nonsense words or phrases used as a formula by quack conjurers.

2. A trick performed by a magician or juggler; sleight-of-hand.

3. Foolishness or empty pretense used especially to disguise deception or chicanery.

tr.v. ho·cus-po·cused, ho·cus-po·cus·ing, ho·cus-po·cus·es or ho·cus-po·cussed or ho·cus-po·cus·sing or ho·cus-po·cus·ses

To play tricks on; deceive.

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