hocus pocus

sorcery

Practice of dark magic

• wizardryPractice of casting spells
• conjuringPerforming magical illusions
• witchcraftPractice of supernatural magic

incantation · enchantment · spell · abracadabra · presto · wand · ritual · charm · hex · curse

gibberish

Unintelligible speech or writing

• mumbo jumboDeliberately confusing language
• gobbledygookPretentious unintelligible language
• balderdashSenseless talk or writing

hokum · bunkum · drivel · rigmarole · claptrap · poppycock · twaddle · jargon · doubletalk · foolishness

sleight of hand

Skillful manual deception

• misdirectionIntentional focus manipulation
• deceptionIntentional misleading of others
• charlatanFaker claiming false expertise

con · sham · flimflam · bamboozle · hoax · fraud · quackery · imposture · swindle · scam

stage magic

Performed illusory feats

• prestidigitationSkillful hand-based illusions
• legerdemainSkillful hand-based deception
• card trickIllusion using playing deck

disappearing act · levitation · escape artist · Houdini · magician · rabbit in hat · sawing in half · mind reading · mentalism · prop

• magic wordsabracadabra, alakazam, presto, open sesame, shazam
• rhyming reduplicativesflip flop, hip hop, tip top, zigzag, ping pong
• spellsspell, cast, conjure, curse, enchantment
• Whimsy Wordsgobbledygook, gibberish, mumbo jumbo, hogwash, balderdash
• ball skillsdribbling, crossover, ball control, stepover, throwing
• invocationssummoning, calling, call, calling upon, conjuration