hocus-pocussed

noun

1. meaningless words used as a formula by conjurers
2. a magician's trick or trickery; sleight of hand; legerdemain
3. any meaningless action or talk drawing attention away from some deception
4. trickery; deception

Origin: imitation L, prob. altered < hax pax (max Deus adimax), arbitrary magic formula attributed to medieval traveling scholars

transitive verb, intransitive verb hocus-pocused or hocus-pocussed, hocus-pocusing or hocus-pocussing