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hocus-pocus
(encz) | hocus-pocus,balamutit v: Zdeněk Brož |
hocus-pocus
(encz) | hocus-pocus,hokus-pokus n: Zdeněk Brož |
Hocus-pocus
(gcide) | Hocus-pocus \Ho"cus-po"cus\, v. t.
To cheat. [Colloq.] --L'Estrange.
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Hocus-pocus
(gcide) | Hocus-pocus \Ho"cus-po"cus\, n. [Prob. invented by jugglers in
imitation of Latin. Cf. Hoax, Hocus.]
1. A term used by magicians or conjurers in pretended
incantations.
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2. A juggler or trickster. [Archaic] --Sir T. Herbert.
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3. A magician's trick; a cheat; nonsense. --Hudibras.
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4. Obfuscating talk or elaborate but meaningless activity
intended to hide a deception or to obscure what is
actually happening; verbal misrepresentation intended to
take advantage of you in some way.
Syn: trickery, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery,
skulduggery, skullduggery.
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hocus-pocus
(wn) | hocus-pocus
n 1: verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you
in some way [syn: trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness,
hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery,
skullduggery] |
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