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Synonymer

Uttal

  • UttalUS:
    • IPA: [ˌæ.brə.kə.ˈdæ.brə]
  • UK:
    • IPA: /ˌabɹakəˈdabrə/
  • US:
    • IPA: /ˌæ.bɹə.kəˈdæ.bɹə/
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Interjektioner
1.abrakadabra

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. A use of the mystical term ‘abracadabra’, supposed to work as part of a healing charm or a magical spell; any spell or incantation making use of the word.
  2. Mumbo-jumbo; obscure language or technicalities; jargon.

Exempel

  • 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.
  • I don’t know all the theoretical abracadabra about how it works, I’m only its pilot.
  • Astrology was not specifically banned in the statutes against witchcraft, but so long as its technicalities remained abracadabra to the lay public there was always a risk that the practitioner might find himself arrested for sorcery.

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Pluralabracadabras

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