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How to pronounce “hocus”
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Pronunciation guide for hocus
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of hocus with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 6 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Cosmic Quest from Zero to Infinity
whose blog is Math Babe, said if it's hocus pocus,
- Definition summary
- To play a trick on, to trick (someone); to hoax; to cheat.
Example 1 of 6
How to pronounce hocus
Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Cosmic Quest from Zero to Infinity
whose blog is Math Babe, said if it's hocus pocus,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “hocus”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- To play a trick on, to trick (someone); to hoax; to cheat.
- (obsolete) To stupefy (someone) with drugged liquor (especially in order to steal from them).
- (obsolete) To drug (liquor).
- (obsolete) To adulterate (food).
- [Noun]
- (obsolete) A magician, illusionist, one who practises sleight of hand.
- (obsolete) One who cheats or deceives.
- Trick; trickery.
- (obsolete) Drugged liquor.
Practice Nearby Words
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