n.
Pronunciation: ' heks
Function: verb
Etymology: Pennsylvania German hexe, from German hexen, from Hexe witch, from Old High German hagzissa; akin to Middle English hagge hag
Date: 1830
intransitive verb : to practice witchcraft
transitive verb
1 : to put a hex on
2 : to affect as if by an evil spell : JINX <an unscientific fear of hex ing the whole project ― Daniel Lang>
– hex · er noun