hocus

Meaning

Verb

1. To play a trick on, to trick (someone); to hoax; to cheat.
2. (obsolete) To stupefy (someone) with drugged liquor (especially in order to steal from them).
3. (obsolete) To drug (liquor).
4. (obsolete) To adulterate (food).

Noun

1. (obsolete) A magician, illusionist, one who practises sleight of hand.
2. (obsolete) One who cheats or deceives.
3. Trick; trickery.
4. (obsolete) Drugged liquor.

Synonyms

deceive

benumb

bite

chloroform

delude

diddle

dope

euchre

have on

hoodwink

inveigle

juggle

numb

outsmart

spoof

trick

welch

bamboozle

torpify

Translations

إخدع

ναρκώνω

ναρκώ

ξεγελώ

imbrogliare

drogare

misleiden

verdoven

burlar

engañar

atontar

narcotizar

💊

aldatmak

sarhoş etmek

sersemletmek

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhəʊkəs/

Etymology

Shortened from hocus-pocus. The verb is from the noun.