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What (who) is hocus - definition
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Hocus; Hocus Pocus (movie); Ocus-hay-ocus-pay; HOCUS POCUS (album); Hocus Pocus (album); Hocuspocus; Hokuspokus; Hokuspokus (disambiguation); Hocus Pocus (film); Hocuspocus (film); Hokus Pokus; Hocus Pocus (disambiguation); Hokus Pokus (disambiguation); Hocus-Pocus (disambiguation); Hocus pocus (disambiguation)
hocus
v. a.
1.
Cheat, impose upon, chouse.
2.
Drug one's drink.
Hocus
·noun Drugged liquor.
II. Hocus ·vt To deceive or cheat.
III. Hocus ·noun One who cheats or deceives.
IV. Hocus ·vt To stupefy with drugged liquor.
V. Hocus ·vt To Adulterate; to Drug; as, liquor is said to be hocused for the purpose of stupefying the drinker.
hocus
['h??k?s]
¦ verb (hocusses, hocussing, hocussed or hocuses, hocusing, hocused) archaic
1. deceive.
2. stupefy with drugs.
Origin
C17: from obs. hocus 'trickery', from hocus-pocus.
Wikipedia
Hocus Pocus
Hocus-pocus is an exclamation used by magicians, usually the magic words spoken when bringing about some sort of change.
Hocus Pocus or Hokus Pokus or variant, may also refer to:
Examples of use of hocus
1. Do many gullible enthusiasts for new–age hocus–pocus go to the theatre?
2. The hungry, thirsty and suffocating populace will exert pressure and, hocus pocus, there will be no more Qassams.
3. It makes no difference, because her defense philosophy, she says, is not based on military hocus–pocus.
4. Peter Hopkins, 38, was on paid sickness leave for stress from the Legal General when he performed as "friendly wizard" Mr Hocus Pocus.
5. "There‘s no hocus–pocus, it‘s a serious illness, a very bad crisis the likes of which has not been seen in the past 100 years," Maoz said.