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单词 hocus
释义

hocus

verb

ho·​cus ˈhō-kəs How to pronounce hocus (audio)
hocussed or hocused; hocussing or hocusing

transitive verb

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

Word History

Etymology

obsolete hocus, noun, short for hocus-pocus

First Known Use

1675, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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