Usually means: Escape artist, illusionist, master magician.
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  1. Houdini: Merriam-Webster
  2. Houdini: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Houdini: Vocabulary.com
  4. Houdini, houdini: Wordnik
  5. Houdini: Wiktionary
  6. Houdini: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. Houdini: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. houdini: Dictionary.com
  9. houdini: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. Houdini (album), Houdini (chess), Houdini (disambiguation), Houdini (film), Houdini (miniseries), Houdini (rapper), Houdini (software), Houdini (song), Houdini: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Houdini: Rhymezone
  12. houdini: FreeDictionary.org
  13. houdini: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Houdini: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Houdini: Encyclopedia

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  1. Houdini, Houdini: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Houdini)

▸ noun:  The magician and escape artist Harry Houdini.
▸ noun:  An escape artist.
▸ verb:  (transitive, informal) To escape a difficult situation quickly.

Similar:
magician, escape artist, escapologist, handcuff artist, magicienne, conjurer, illusionist, stage magician, mentalist, juggler, more...

Opposite:
escape artist, escapologist

Types:
Harry Houdini, Theo Hardeen, Bess Houdini, Dash Houdini, Leopold Weiss, more...

Phrases:
Harry Houdini, houdini harry, Bess Houdini, Houdini & Doyle, some houdini feats, more...

Adjectives:
great, famous, late, little, real, regular, veritable, american, young, old, only


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Similar:
magician, escape artist, escapologist, handcuff artist, magicienne, conjurer, illusionist, stage magician, mentalist, juggler, more...

Opposite:
escape artist, escapologist

Types:
Harry Houdini, Theo Hardeen, Bess Houdini, Dash Houdini, Leopold Weiss, more...

Phrases:
Harry Houdini, houdini harry, Bess Houdini, Houdini & Doyle, some houdini feats, more...

Adjectives:
great, famous, late, little, real, regular, veritable, american, young, old, only



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