Magic

The action or process of directing someone to the wrong place or in the wrong direction.

• magic

• sleight of hand

• confederate

• misdirection

The practice of getting out of restraints or other traps. Magicians regularly get out of handcuffs, straitjackets, cages, coffins, steel boxes, barrels, bags, burning buildings, fish tanks, and other perils, often in combination.

• abracadabra

• Harry Houdini

• escapology

• mentalism

An audience member planted to act in a cooperative manner.

• magic

• sleight of hand

• confederate

• misdirection

A Hungarian-born American escape artist, illusionist, and stunt performer. He was a professional magician that became best known for his escape acts. He first attracted notice in vaudeville in the United States and on a tour of Europe, where he challenged police forces to keep him locked up.

• abracadabra

• Harry Houdini

• escapology

• mentalism

An intellectual performing art in which the artist convinces an audience that it has witnessed seemingly impossible feats, using natural means.

• magic

• sleight of hand

• confederate

• misdirection

It consists of apparent mind reading, controlling people’s actions and thoughts, and other similar feats.

• abracadabra

• Harry Houdini

• escapology

• mentalism

A skill, typically in performing tricks, that lets you make objects appear and disappear.

• magic

• sleight of hand

• confederate

• misdirection

It is a word that was once thought to have magical healing powers. Today, it is used as a “magic word” in stage tricks by magicians, usually when they reveal the final part of a trick.

• abracadabra

• Harry Houdini

• escapology

• mentalism