1. a word said by magicians when performing a magic trick

1. meaningless talk or writing; nonsense

Examples

• The magician waved his wand and shouted ‘Abracadabra!’ as the rabbit disappeared.
• She said ‘Abracadabra’ and pulled a flower from her hat.
• The children loved watching him say ‘Abracadabra’ during his magic show.
• His explanation was pure abracadabra to me.
• The technical manual was filled with abracadabra that nobody could understand.
• Stop speaking in abracadabra and tell me what really happened.