01 n. A term used by magicians or conjurers in pretended incantations.
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1.
A term used by magicians or conjurers in pretended incantations.
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2.
A juggler or trickster.[Archaic]
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3.
A magician's trick; a cheat; nonsense.
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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.