Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Hocus-pocus \Ho"cus-po"cus\, v. t.
To cheat. [Colloq.] --L'Estrange.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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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