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 Definitions of hocus-pocus  [ˈhoʊ kəsˈpoʊ kəs]  

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Definition of 'hocus-pocus' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) hocus-pocus
meaningless words used in conjuring.

2.  hocus-pocus
a juggler's trick; sleight of hand.

3.  hocus-pocus
mysterious or elaborate activity or talk, esp. for covering up a deception.

4. (v.t.) hocus-pocus
to play tricks on or with.

Etymology:  (1615–25; pseudo-Latin rhyming formula used by magicians)

Definition of 'hocus-pocus' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery
verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way


Translation of 'hocus-pocus' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: trickery; words, actions etc which are intended to deceive or mislead (someone)
The people were not deceived by the political hocus-pocus of the prospective candidate.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: hokus-pokus, goëlery Arabic flag Arabic: شَعْوَذَه، تَدْجيل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: измама
Brazilian flag Brazilian: truque Czech flag Czech: švindlování German flag German: der Hokuspokus
Danish flag Danish: hokuspokus; fup Greek flag Greek: απατηλά λόγια Spanish flag Spanish: juego de manos; abracadab
Estonian flag Estonian: sulitemp Farsi flag Farsi: حقه بازی Finnish flag Finnish: hokkus-pokkus
French flag French: tour de passe-passe, bara Hebrew flag Hebrew: הוֹקוּס-פּוֹקוּס, אֲחִיזַ Hindi flag Hindi: जादू-मन्तर
Croatian flag Croatian: hokus-pokus, obmana, foli Hungarian flag Hungarian: hókuszpókusz Indonesian flag Indonesian: omong kosong, permainan s
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hókus-pókus, töfrabragð, Italian flag Italian: imbroglio, raggiro Japanese flag Japanese: ごまかし
Korean flag Korean: 속임수 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: akių dūmimas Latvian flag Latvian: triks; vārdu savārstījums
Malay flag Malay: silap mata Dutch flag Dutch: bedrog, trukendoos, hocus Norwegian flag Norwegian: hokuspokus, lureri, triks
Polish flag Polish: machinacje, manipulacje Persian flag Persian: حقه بازی Pashto flag Pashto: ټګی، اننرمنتر، جنتر
Portuguese flag Portuguese: truque Romanian flag Romanian: şarlatanie, înşelătorie Russian flag Russian: фокус-покус; очковтирател
Slovak flag Slovak: hókus-pókus Slovenian flag Slovenian: hokuspokus Serbian flag Serbian: hokus-pokus
Swedish flag Swedish: hokuspokus Thai flag Thai: หลอกลวงโกง Turkish flag Turkish: hokkabazlık, göz boyama
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 把戲,故弄玄虛的言詞 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: фокус; шахрайство Urdu flag Urdu: دھوکا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: trò bịp bợm Chinese flag Chinese: 欺骗

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