Hocus [noun]
Definition of Hocus:
sleight of hand
Synonyms of Hocus:
● Abracadabra
● Mystification
● Nonsense
● Hoax
● Incantation
● Cant
● Juggling
● Artifice
● Jargon
● Cheating
● Deception
● Trickery
● Imposture
● Delusion
● Spell
● Flimflam
● Chicanery
● Charm
● Deceit
● Swindle
● Humbug
● Fraud
● Magic
● Chant
● Legerdemain
● Trick
● Rigmarole
● Gibberish
● Monkey business
● Mumbo jumbo
● Open sesame
● Sleight of hand
● Smoke and mirrors
● Occultism
● Conjuring
● Mummery
● Gobbledegook
● Magic words
Opposite/Antonyms of Hocus:
● Openness
● Honor
● Standard
● Truth
● Sense
● Fact
● Uprightness
● Truthfulness
● Reality
● Honesty
● Frankness
Sentence/Example of Hocus:
First negatively, it has not been done by any artificial means or legislative hocus-pocus (applause).
It is hocus-pocus, a sort of social magic formula like the "mutabor" in the Arabian Nights; it is an Aladdins-lamp philosophy.
He complains that Gautier is lacking in a concern about supernatural hocus-pocus and that Flaubert is lacking.
"There's some hocus-pocus about this," whispered Trask, as he and Locke moved forward for a private talk.
But love was beginning its usual hocus-pocus with character and turning a tired business man into a restless swain.
"In respect to this hocus-pocus of yours, sir, with the laudanum and Mr. Franklin Blake," he began.
He shrieked: 'Hic hocus pocus,' parodying the 'Hoc corpus meum' of the Mass.
It would be a purely formal process—like renaming a "hocus-pocus" and calling it two "Abracadabras."
By no trick of managers, no hocus-pocus of politicians, no "mush of concession," can we be released from this obedience.
By some hocus-pocus known to accomplished politicians, this city has had no Mayor since the 4th of June, 1867.