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Webster 1828 Edition


Hocuspocus

HOCUSPOCUS

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Verb.
T.
To cheat.

Definition 2024


hocuspocus

hocuspocus

See also: hocus-pocus and hocus pocus

English

Noun

hocuspocus (plural hocuspocuses)

  1. Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus

Verb

hocuspocus (third-person singular simple present hocuspocuses, present participle hocuspocusing, simple past and past participle hocuspocused)

  1. (colloquial, transitive) To cheat.
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