POCUS

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HOCUS-POCUS — charlataneríe
English interlingue dictionary
HOCUS-POCUS — I. noun Etymology: probably from hocus pocus, imitation Latin phrase used by jugglers Date: 1647 sleight of hand , nonsense …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOCUS-POCUS — I. noun also ho·kus-po·kus |hōkə|spōkəs ( -es ) Etymology: probably invented by jugglers in imitation of Latin 1. a. obsolete …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOCUS-POCUS — I. ˌhō-kəs-ˈpō-kəs noun Etymology: probably from hocus pocus, imitation Latin phrase used by jugglers Date: 1647 1. : sleight of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOCUS-POCUS — [ho.cus-po.cus] n [prob. fr. hocus pocus, imitation Latin phrase used by jugglers] (1647) 1: sleight of hand 2: nonsense or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOCUS-POCUS — hocus-pocus BrE AmE ˌhəʊk əs ˈpəʊk əs AmE \ ˌhoʊk əs ˈpoʊk əs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOCUS-POCUS — ho ‧ cus-po ‧ cus /ˌhəʊkəs ˈpəʊkəs $ ˌhoʊkəs ˈpoʊ-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Origin: hax …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOCUS-POCUS — If you describe something as hocus-pocus , you disapprove of it because you think it is false and intended to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOCUS-POCUS — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Corporate executives should recognize financial hocus-pocus by now. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Higgledy-piggledy merges, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOCUS POCUS — Trickery. Actions or words used to deceive others. Example: We all know about the politicians' hocus pocus, especially during campaigning.
Slang English vocab
HOCUS-POCUS — 1. сущ. фокус-покус; мошенничество, надувательство, обман Syn : swindle, cheating 2. гл. проделывать фокус, надувать, обманывать. одурачивать Syn : dupe; …
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HOCUS-POCUS — 1. сущ. фокус-покус; мошенничество, надувательство, обман Syn : swindle, cheating 2. гл. проделывать фокус, надувать, обманывать. одурачивать Syn : dupe; …
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HOKUM — noun Etymology: probably blend of hocus-pocus and bunkum Date: 1908 a device used (as by showmen) to evoke a desired …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOKEYPOKEY — noun Date: circa 1878 hocus-pocus 2, ice cream sold by street vendors
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOCUS — transitive verb (~sed or ~ed; ~sing or ~ing) Etymology: obsolete ~, noun, short for ~-pocus Date: 1675 to perpetrate a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CANTRIP — noun Etymology: probably alteration of caltrop Date: 1719 a witch's trick ; spell , hocus-pocus 2
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOCUS — I. ˈhōkəs noun ( plural hocuses or hocusses ) Etymology: short for hocus-pocus 1. obsolete a. : conjurer , cheat …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANKY-PANKY — I. -|paŋkē noun also hankey-pankey ( plural hanky-pankies also hankey-pankeys ) Etymology: alteration (perhaps influenced by handkerchief ) of hocus-pocus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THAUMATURGY — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌtərjē, -tə̄j-, -təij-, -ji noun ( -es ) Etymology: Greek thaumatourgia, from thaumatourgos + -ia -y 1. : the performance …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STAGE EFFECT — noun : a showy and artificial effect or contrivance sheer make-believe, stage effect and hocus-pocus — Isaac Deutscher
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOUNTEBANKERY — -ŋkərē noun ( -es ) 1. : charlatanry , hocus-pocus 2. : an action characteristic of a mountebank this is …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KILLER-DILLER — |kilə(r)|dilə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: reduplication of killer slang : something highly and usually factitiously sensational of its kind …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOKEY-POKEY — /hoh"kee poh"kee/ , n. 1. hocus-pocus; trickery. 2. ice cream as formerly sold by street vendors. [ 1840-50; var. of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOKEY-POKEY — n. colloq. 1 = HOCUS-POCUS. 2 ice-cream formerly sold esp. by Italian street vendors. [HOCUS-POCUS: sense 2 of unkn. orig.]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOKEYPOKEY — n. colloq. 1 = HOCUS-POCUS. 2 ice-cream formerly sold esp. by Italian street vendors. [ HOCUS-POCUS: sense 2 of unkn. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOKEY-POKEY — n. colloq. 1. HOCUS-POCUS. 2 ice-cream formerly sold esp. by Italian street vendors. Etymology: HOCUS-POCUS: sense 2 of unkn. orig.
Oxford English vocab
HOCU — s-pocus [noun] [U] - tricks used to deceive, or words used to hide what is happening or make it unclearSo …
Cambridge English vocab
HOCUS — pocus n. 1 trickery, chicanery, deceit, deception, artifice, cheat, duplicity, mischief, hoax, humbug, trick, swindle, pretence, Colloq con (game), jiggery-pokery, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HOKEY-POKEY — сущ. 1) разг. дешевое мороженое 2) дешевка, барахло 3) фокус-покус; мошенничество, надувательство, обман Syn : hocus-pocus 1., swindle 1. (разговорное) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOKEY-POKEY — сущ. 1) разг. дешевое мороженое 2) дешевка, барахло 3) фокус-покус; мошенничество, надувательство, обман Syn : hocus-pocus 1., swindle 1. (разговорное) …
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