presto chango
1 of 2imperative verb
presto chan·go
-ˈchān(ˌ)jō
: change quickly —used originally as a magician's command
presto chango
2 of 2noun
"
: a sudden transformation as if by magic
suggest that the solution of social and political ills lay in … a moral presto chango —Irwin Edman
Word History
Etymology
Imperative verb
presto entry 1 + chango (from change + -o —as in presto)
- feases
- feasibilities
- feasibility
- feasibility study
- feasible
- feasibleness
- feasiblenesses
- feasibler
- feasiblest
- feasiblier
- feasibliest
- feasibly
- feasing
- feast
- feast (on)
- feast day
- Feast of Booths
- Feast of Dedication
- Feast of Fools
- Feast of Ingathering
- Feast of Lanterns
- Feast of Lights
- Feast of Lots
- Feast of Orthodoxy
- Feast of Tabernacles