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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Hocus-pocus

· Ho·cus-po·cus · IPA /ˌhoʊkəs ˈpoʊkəs/
01 n. A term used by magicians or conjurers in pretended incantations.
  1. 1.
    A term used by magicians or conjurers in pretended incantations.
  2. 2.
    A juggler or trickster.[Archaic]
  3. 3.
    A magician's trick; a cheat; nonsense.
  4. 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.
02 v. t. To cheat.
  1. 1.
    To cheat.[Colloq.]