abracadabra
noun
a mystical word or expression used in incantations, on amulets, etc., as a magical means of warding off misfortune, harm, or illness.
abracadabras
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pluralof abracadabra.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Photograph: John Giles/PA With a quiet bank holiday afternoon to fill, the Mill yesterday dug out the old magic kit, brushed the cobwebs off its top hat and practiced a few abracadabras.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 28, 2012
The strange abracadabras that the editor read aloud in the hushed room in the Woolworth Building were the attempts of 284 mediums to prove that they had talked to a dead woman.
From Time Magazine Archive
In addition there were all kinds of superstitious designs, alchemistic abracadabras and symbols, in which no man of sense any longer believes.
From The Tower of Dago by Mór Jókai
