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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hex1 /hɛks/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to bewitch:They were hexed by the wicked witch.
- to bring bad luck to;
jinx.
n. [countable] - a spell;
charm;
jinx.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hex1 (heks),USA pronunciation v.t. - to bewitch;
practice witchcraft on:He was accused of hexing his neighbors' cows because they suddenly stopped giving milk.
n. - spell;
charm:With all this rain, somebody must have put a hex on our picnic. - a witch.
- German Hexe witch; see hag1
- 1820–30
- Mathematicshexagonal:a bolt with a matching washer and hex nut.
- Computing, Mathematicshexadecimal (def. 1).
hex., - Mathematicshexagon
- Mathematicshexagonal.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hex /hɛks/ n - short for hexadecimal
- (as modifier): hex code
hex /hɛks/ informal vb - (transitive) to bewitch
n - an evil spell or symbol of bad luck
- a witch
Etymology: 19th Century: via Pennsylvania Dutch from German Hexe witch, from Middle High German hecse, perhaps from Old High German hagzissa; see hag1 hexa-, - a combining form meaning "six,'' used in the formation of compound words:hexapartite.
Also,[esp. before a vowel,] hex-. - combining form representing Greek héx six
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