HOCUS


Meaning of HOCUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhō-kəs ]

transitive verb

( ho·cussed or ho·cused ; ho·cus·sing or ho·cus·ing )

Etymology: obsolete hocus, noun, short for hocus-pocus

Date: 1675

1. : to perpetrate a trick or hoax on : deceive

2. : to befuddle often with drugged liquor ; also : dope , drug

hocussed the favorite before the race

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.