hocus-pocus

Speech parts

1. hocus-pocus - Noun

2. hocus-pocus - Verb

3. hocus-pocus - Interjection

Meaning

verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

hocus pocus

Synonyms

trickery magic nonsense gibberish conjuring hanky panky slickness conjuration legerdemain mumbo jumbo jiggery-pokery sleight of hand skulduggery skullduggery bam
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Antonyms

accuracy honor authenticity chastity austerity openness
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Hypernyms

deception deceit misrepresentation

Derivatives

hocus-pocussed hocus-pocussing

Examples

The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science, that smiles in yer face while it picks yer pocket; and the glorious uncertainty of it is of mair use to the professors than the justice of it. Charles Macklin

I mumble hocus-pocus and the next thing you know, I'm a cat. (Ravyn) I suppose it's a step up. The last guy I had in my house could only turn into a beer-drinking pig. (Susan) Sherrilyn Kenyon

If men saw that a term was set to their troubles, they would find strength in some way to withstand the hocus-pocus and intimidations of the prophets. Lucretius

I do not believe that Obama is smarter than anybody else. I do not believe he has cut a new path and is a politician unlike any we've ever seen regarding his intellect. I don't believe any of this hocus-pocus. I didn't believe it when they said it about Hillary Clinton, Smartest Woman in the World. Rush Limbaugh

Old Rossum thought only of his godless hocus-pocus and young Rossum of his billions. And that wasn't the dream of your R. U. R. shareholders either. They dreamed of the dividends. And on those dividends humanity will perish. Karel Čapek

CS: You’ve composed heavy dramas such as The Passion of the Christ and Hacksaw Ridge with Mel Gibson, and then also lighter fare like Ice Age and Hocus Pocus. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hocus hocus and pocus hocus pocuser hocus-pocussed hocus-pocusser hocus-pocussing