Definition of hocus-pocus - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
- The sales pitch was full of hocus-pocus.
2.
- He waved his wand and shouted some hocus-pocus.!
3.
- The magician's hocus-pocus amazed the audience.
Verb
- He tried to hocus-pocus the audience with his card tricks.
Expressions with hocus-pocus
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minor trick or deceitful action to mislead
His explanation was just a bit of hocus-pocus to confuse us.
Origin of hocus-pocus
Unknown, possibly from hocus (deceive) + pocus (juggling formula)
Examples of hocus-pocus in a sentence
The magician's tricks were mere hocus-pocus. The magician's hocus-pocus amazed the children. She dismissed his explanation as mere hocus-pocus. Politicians often use hocus-pocus to sway voters. The company's success was attributed to financial hocus-pocus. She can hocus-pocus her way out of any tricky situation.
The magician hocus-pocused the coin into a dove.
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- French:baratin, tromper, ...
- German:Hokuspokus, täuschen, ...
- Italian:fandonie, ingannare, ...
- Spanish:palabrería, engatusar, ...
- Portuguese:tapeação, enganar, ...
- Chinese:花言巧语, 耍花招, ...
- Japanese:インチキ, 欺く, ...
- Arabic:تَضْليل, خَدَعَ, ...
- Hebrew:אֲחִיזַת עֵינַיִם, לַעֲשׂוֹת אֲחִיזַת עֵינַיִם, ...
- Russian:фокусы-покусы, обмануть, ...
- Ukrainian:фокус, обдурювати, ...
- Hindi:शब्दजाल, धोखा देना, ...
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