abracadabraexclamation
uk/ˌæb.rə.kəˈdæb.rə/us/ˌæb.rə.kəˈdæb.rə/said by someone who is performing a magic trick, in order to help perform it successfully
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Magic
- alchemy
- bewitch
- black magic
- chalice
- conjure
- conjure sb/sth up
- curse
- evil
- hex
- hoodoo
- incantation
- legerdemain
- magical
- potion
- sleight of hand
- sorcery
- spell
- the evil eye idiom
- voodoo
- wizardry
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Examples from literature
- "Abracadabra!" cried Mary gamely.
- At the sound of the snapping fingers and his hoarse-voiced "abracadabra," a dirty pot of hot and greasy stew came into existence.