passe-passe

noun

ˈpäˈspäs

plural passe-passes

-s(ə̇z)

: a skillful feat of juggling or manipulation

moving divisions from north to south and south to north … the kind of passe-passe that is a … delight

—A. J. Liebling

Word History

Etymology

French, from the phrase used by jugglers passe, passe pass, pass

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