Magic Glossary
Here is a list of terms to help you will encounter while learning magic tricks. Some of the words below are simple definitions, while others are deeper explainations or illustrated tutorials.
- Abracadabra (Meaning, History and Etymology of the Word)
- Acetabularii
- Black Art
- Break
- Broken Wand Ceremony
- Bridge
- Cardician
- Charlier cut
- Chinese Rings
- Click Pass
- Coin Vanish
- Color Change
- Conjurer
- Crimp
- Cull
- Double Lift (illustrated tutorial)
- Drop Vanish
- Elmsley Count
- Fakir
- False Count
- False Deals
- False Shuffle
- Hat Production
- Hocus Pocus (Definition, History and Etymology)
- Jog
- Juggler
- InJog
- OutJog
- Joints and Phalanges
- Legerdemain
- Misdirection
- Overhand Shuffle
- Palm
- Prestidigitation
- Presto
- Profonde
- Raven
- Riffle Shuffle
- Run
- Self-Working Trick
- Servante
- Sim Sala Bim
- Simple Vanish
- Stodare Egg
- Stock
- Shuffle Off
- Sleight
- Switch
- Thumb Tip
- Throw
- Topit
- Tunnel Vanish (illustrated tutorial)
- Undercut
- Voila
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