Usually means: Nonsensical words used in magic.
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  1. hocus-pocus: Merriam-Webster
  2. hocus-pocus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hocus-pocus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hocus-pocus, hocus-pocus: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hocus-pocus: Vocabulary.com
  6. hocus-pocus: Wordnik
  7. hocus-pocus: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. hocus-pocus, hocus pocus: Wiktionary
  9. hocus-pocus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hocus-pocus: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hocus-pocus: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Hocus-pocus, hocus-pocus, hocus pocus: Dictionary.com
  13. hocus-pocus: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. hocus-pocus: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Hocus Pocus (Enon album), Hocus Pocus (Kaela Kimura album), Hocus Pocus (book), Hocus Pocus (group), Hocus Pocus (instrumental), Hocus Pocus (magic), Hocus Pocus (movie), Hocus Pocus (novel), Hocus Pocus (song), Hocus Pocus (soundtrack), Hocus Pocus (video game), Hocus Pocus, Hocus-pocus, Hocus pocus (magic), Hocus pocus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. hocus-pocus: Rhymezone
  17. hocus-pocus: FreeDictionary.org
  18. hocus-pocus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. Hocus Pocus: The Word Detective
  20. hocus-pocus: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. Hocus-pocus: World Wide Words
  22. Hocus pocus: Phrase Finder
  23. Hocus Pocus: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  24. hocus pocus: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Hocus Pocus, hocus-pocus: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Magic Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. hocus pocus: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (Hocus Pocus)

noun:  Hocus Pocus, or What's the Hurry, Son? is a 1990 novel by Kurt Vonnegut.
noun:  a 1993 American fantasy comedy film directed by Kenny Ortega from a screenplay by Mick Garris and Neil Cuthbert, and a story by David Kirschner and Garris.
noun:  Hocus-pocus is an exclamation used by magicians, usually the magic words spoken when bringing about some sort of change.
noun:  "Hocus Pocus" is a song by the Dutch rock band Focus, written by keyboardist, flutist, and vocalist Thijs van Leer and guitarist Jan Akkerman.
noun:  a French hip hop / jazz band from Nantes.
noun:  (stylised as HOCUS POCUS) the fifth album by Japanese pop singer Kaela Kimura, released on June 24, 2009.
noun:  an album by Enon, released on September 9, 2003, by Touch and Go Records.
noun:  Hocus Pocus: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the score for the 1993 Walt Disney Pictures Halloween comedy film of the same name.
noun:  an American media franchise consisting of two films, a sequel novelization, and other Disney media and merchandise.

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