All hocus synonyms
hoΒ·cus
H h noun hocus
- sleight of hand β skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain.
- abracadabra β Abracadabra is a word that someone says when they are performing a magic trick in order to make the magic happen.
- mystification β to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- nonsense β words or language having little or no sense or meaning.
- hoax β something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
- incantation β the chanting or uttering of words purporting to have magical power.
- cant β a salient angle.
- artifice β Artifice is the clever use of tricks and devices.
- jargon β a colorless to smoky gem variety of zircon.
- cheating β an instance of rule-breaking
- deception β Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
- trickery β the use or practice of tricks or stratagems to deceive; artifice; deception.
- imposture β the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- delusion β A delusion is a false idea.
- spell β a continuous course or period of work or other activity: to take a spell at the wheel.
- flimflam β a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
- chicanery β Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people.
- charm β Charm is the quality of being pleasant or attractive.
- deceit β Deceit is behaviour that is deliberately intended to make people believe something which is not true.
- swindle β to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- humbug β something intended to delude or deceive.
- fraud β deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
- magic β the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; legerdemain; conjuring: to pull a rabbit out of a hat by magic.
- chant β A chant is a word or group of words that is repeated over and over again.
- legerdemain β sleight of hand.
- trick β a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- rigmarole β an elaborate or complicated procedure: to go through the rigmarole of a formal dinner.
- gibberish β meaningless or unintelligible talk or writing.
- occultism β belief in the existence of secret, mysterious, or supernatural agencies.
- conjuring β the performance of tricks that appear to defy natural laws
- mummery β the performance of mummers.
- monkey business β frivolous or mischievous behavior.
- mumbo jumbo β meaningless incantation or ritual.
- open sesame β any marvelously effective means for bringing about a desired result: Wealth is the open sesame to happiness.
- sleight of hand β skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain.
- smoke and mirrors β (used with a singular or plural verb) something that distorts or blurs facts, figures, etc., like a magic or conjuring trick; artful deception.
- gobbledegook β language characterized by circumlocution and jargon, usually hard to understand: the gobbledegook of government reports.