abracadabras
Conjurer's spoken spells
Abracadabras is the plural of abracadabra, the magic word spoken when performing a trick or invoking supernatural power.
The word dates to ancient times and appeared in mystical texts as a charm against illness.
Today it signals theatrical conjuring: The magician waved her wand and said abracadabra.
By extension, any seemingly magical transformation: With a few abracadabras, she turned the messy room into a showplace.
Spoken magical formula
- spellArrange letters correctly
- conjuringPerforming magical illusions
- hocus-pocusDeceptive talk or tricks
- prestoVery fast tempo
alakazam · sorcery · wizardry · enchantment · illusion · wand · magician · conjurer
Unintelligible speech or writing
- mumbo-jumboMeaningless or confusing language
- gobbledygookPretentious unintelligible language
- jargonSpecialized professional vocabulary
- babbleIncoherent speech
drivel · balderdash · hokum · poppycock · twaddle · blather · claptrap · rigmarole
To make different
- transformationThorough change in form
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
- revealMake something visible
- appearanceOutward visible form
vanish · disappear · manifest · materialize · poof · voila · instant · sudden
incantation
Spoken magical formula
- spellArrange letters correctly
- conjuringPerforming magical illusions
- hocus-pocusDeceptive talk or tricks
presto · alakazam · sorcery · wizardry · enchantment · illusion · wand · magician · conjurer · trick
gibberish
Unintelligible speech or writing
- mumbo-jumboMeaningless or confusing language
- gobbledygookPretentious unintelligible language
- jargonSpecialized professional vocabulary
babble · drivel · balderdash · hokum · poppycock · twaddle · blather · claptrap · rigmarole · double-talk
change
To make different
- transformationThorough change in form
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
- revealMake something visible
appearance · vanish · disappear · manifest · materialize · poof · voila · instant · sudden · miraculous
abracadabrasplain speech
Unembellished verbal expression
straight talk · plain English · facts · truths · substance
abracadabrasexplanations
Statements clarifying something
clarifications · plain talk · elucidations · clear instructions · demonstrations
abracadabrasscience
Systematic study through observation
reality · hard facts · evidence · proof