Definition of hocus in English:

hocus

verbhocusses, hocuses, hocused, hocussed, hocusing, hocussing ˈhəʊkəsˈhoʊkəs

[with object]archaic

1Deceive (someone)
欺骗（人）
these people have been hocussed and cheated by the government
Example sentencesExamples
- This applies particularly to commercial albumin, especially egg, which is hocused to a great extent by the unscrupulous.
- These surfers have hocused the Feds for long enough.
- I think you were hocused by the telephoto lens that was apparantly used to take the photograph you are referring to.
2Stupefy (someone) with drugs, typically for a criminal purpose.
（尤指为犯罪目的）使（人）麻醉
he was hocussed at supper and lost £800
Example sentencesExamples
- But I was one night suspected of hocussing and robbing a sailor, and - though if I was on my death-bed I could swear that I never had any hand in the affair at all - I was so blown upon that I was forced to shift my quarters.

Origin

Late 17th century: from an obsolete noun hocus 'trickery', from hocus-pocus.

Rhymes

Archilochus, Cocos, crocus, focus, hocus-pocus, locus

Definition of hocus in US English:

hocus

verbˈhōkəsˈhoʊkəs

[with object]archaic

Deceive (someone)
欺骗（人）
these people have been hocussed and cheated by the government
Example sentencesExamples
- I think you were hocused by the telephoto lens that was apparantly used to take the photograph you are referring to.
- This applies particularly to commercial albumin, especially egg, which is hocused to a great extent by the unscrupulous.
- These surfers have hocused the Feds for long enough.

Origin

Late 17th century: from an obsolete noun hocus ‘trickery’, from hocus-pocus.

词汇	hocus
释义	Definition of hocus in English: hocus verbhocusses, hocuses, hocused, hocussed, hocusing, hocussing ˈhəʊkəsˈhoʊkəs [with object]archaic 1Deceive (someone) 欺骗（人） these people have been hocussed and cheated by the government Example sentencesExamples This applies particularly to commercial albumin, especially egg, which is hocused to a great extent by the unscrupulous. These surfers have hocused the Feds for long enough. I think you were hocused by the telephoto lens that was apparantly used to take the photograph you are referring to. 2Stupefy (someone) with drugs, typically for a criminal purpose. （尤指为犯罪目的）使（人）麻醉 he was hocussed at supper and lost £800 Example sentencesExamples But I was one night suspected of hocussing and robbing a sailor, and - though if I was on my death-bed I could swear that I never had any hand in the affair at all - I was so blown upon that I was forced to shift my quarters. Origin Late 17th century: from an obsolete noun hocus 'trickery', from hocus-pocus. Rhymes Archilochus, Cocos, crocus, focus, hocus-pocus, locus Definition of hocus in US English: hocus verbˈhōkəsˈhoʊkəs [with object]archaic Deceive (someone) 欺骗（人） these people have been hocussed and cheated by the government Example sentencesExamples I think you were hocused by the telephoto lens that was apparantly used to take the photograph you are referring to. This applies particularly to commercial albumin, especially egg, which is hocused to a great extent by the unscrupulous. These surfers have hocused the Feds for long enough. Origin Late 17th century: from an obsolete noun hocus ‘trickery’, from hocus-pocus.
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