conjuring
/ˈkʌndʒərɪŋ
/noun [mass noun]
The performance of tricks which are seemingly magical, typically involving sleight of hand: [as modifier]: a conjuring trick...
- That might sound improbable, but so are all conjuring tricks - that is the point of them.
- I am always told, by those who purport to know, that there is a simple explanation for all conjuring tricks, but I think it is I who must be simple, because I continue to be completely stumped by all this sleight of hand.
- Would such conjuring tricks give their writings more authority?
Synonyms
magic, illusion, sleight of hand, legerdemain, dexterity, deception, hocus-pocus
formal prestidigitation
- receptacular
- receptaculum
- receptance
- receptant
- receptary
- receptibility
- receptible
- reception
- reception centre
- reception class
- reception committee
- receptionism
- receptionist
- reception order
- reception room
- reception statute
- reception town
- receptive
- receptive field
- receptive language
- receptively
- receptiveness
- receptive spot
- receptivity
- receptor