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Word: Hocus
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 17th century: from an obsolete noun hocus ‘trickery’, from hocus-pocus
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈhəʊkəs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
deceive (someone)
Short Definition:deceive
Examples:- it is designed to hocus the people
Definition:
stupefy (someone) with drugs, typically for a criminal purpose
Short Definition:stupefy someone with drugs
Examples:- he was hocussed at supper and lost £800
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