| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. One who cheats or deceives.[Websters] 2. Drugged liquor.[Websters]. | |
| Verb | 1. To deceive or cheat.[Websters] 2. To adulterate; to drug; as, liquor is said to be hocused for the purpose of stupefying the drinker.[Websters] 3. To stupefy with drugged liquor.[Websters] 4. Base verb from the following inflections: hocusing, hocused, hocuses, hocuser, hocusers, hocusingly and hocusedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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"Hocus" is a common misspelling or typo for: Holcus. |
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Date "Hocus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1634. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Health | Marijuana; opium. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Hocus Focus | Hocus Focus is the twenty-fourth episode of season four of the television situation comedy Will & Grace. (references) | ||
| Hocus Pocus (book) | Hocus Pocus is a 1990 novel by Kurt Vonnegut. (references) | ||
| Hocus Pocus (film) | Hocus Pocus is a children's Halloween themed film. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy star as three sisters who were witches sentenced to death in the 17th century. They return from beyond the grave 300 years later in 1993, thanks to a curse created by Winifred (Midler), the eldest of the sisters. Their plan is to live forever in young youth, by sucking the souls out children before sunrise, otherwise they will turn to dust. 300 years ago they transformed Thackery Binx (Marsden) into a black cat, after absorbing the soul out of his sister, Emily. (references) | ||
| Hocus Pocus (game) | Hocus Pocus was a platform game released by Apogee Software in 1993. It was DOS-based game. (references) | ||
| Hocus Pocus (magic) | Hocus Pocus is a generic term used by magicians, usually the magic words spoken when bringing about some sort of change. The origins of the term remain obscure. Some believe it originates from the Latin form of the Roman Catholic eucharist, when the priest says "hoc est enim corpus meum," or "hoc est corpus" (this is the body), which, through transubstantiation, turns the wafer into the body of Jesus. (references) | ||
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| Hocus Pocus | Literature | 1: Ochus Bochus was the name of a famous magician of the North invoked by jugglers. He is mentioned in the French Royal Dictionary. 2: The words uttered by a conjuror when he performs a trick, to cheat or take surreptitiously. The Welsh, hocea pwca (a goblin's trick, our hoax) is a probable etymology. But generally supposed to be Hoc est oorpus. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| HOCUS POCUS | Slang in 1811 | HOCUS POCUS. Nonsensical words used by jugglers, previous to their deceptions, as a kind of charm, or incantation. A celebrated writer supposes it to be a ludicrous corruption of the words hoc est corpus, used by the popish priests m consecrating the host. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: HOCUS | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Hocus Pocus | 54 | Hocus Focus | 2 | |
| Hocus Pocus Parade | 17 | Hocus Focus Films | 3 | |
| Hocus Pocus (novel) | 15 | Hocus Pocus | 54 | |
| Hocus Pocus (film) | 15 | Hocus Pocus (album) | 6 | |
| Hocus Pocus (computer game) | 8 | Hocus Pocus (computer game) | 8 | |
| Hocus Pocus (album) | 6 | Hocus Pocus (film) | 15 | |
| Hocus Pocus (magic) | 4 | Hocus Pocus (magic) | 4 | |
| Hocus Pocus (song) | 4 | Hocus Pocus (novel) | 15 | |
| Hocus Focus Films | 3 | Hocus Pocus (song) | 4 | |
| Hocus Focus | 2 | Hocus Pocus Parade | 17 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | هراء (drivel, balderdash, bull, bunk, fudge), خدع (hoax, humbug, trick, bluff, cheat). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | هراء (drivel, balderdash, bull, bunk, fudge), خدع (hoax, humbug, trick, bluff, cheat). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Albanian | vë në lojë (guy, hoax, hocus, mock, tease), shushas me drogë (hocus), mashtroj (swindle, cheat, deceive, hose, bamboozle), i punoj një rreng (hoax, hocus), i fus drogë në pijë (hocus). Additional references: Albanian, Turkey (Europe), hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | هراء (drivel, balderdash, bull, bunk, fudge), خدع (hoax, humbug, trick, bluff, cheat). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Armenian | հիմարացնել (hocus, juggle), թմրադեղերով շշմեցնել (hocus). Additional references: Armenian, Armenia, Azerbaijan, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Armjanski Yazyk | հիմարացնել (hocus, juggle), թմրադեղերով շշմեցնել (hocus). Additional references: Armjanski Yazyk, Armenia, Azerbaijan, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arnaut | vë në lojë (guy, hoax, hocus, mock, tease), shushas me drogë (hocus), mashtroj (swindle, cheat, deceive, hose, bamboozle), i punoj një rreng (hoax, hocus), i fus drogë në pijë (hocus). Additional references: Arnaut, Turkey (Europe), hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bahasa Indonesia | mempermainkan (hocus, make a fool of someone, mock, palter with, quiz), memabukkan (intoxicate, drug, fuddle, daze, intoxicant). Additional references: Bahasa Indonesia, Indonesia, Java, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Balgarski | питие с наркотик (hocus), мамя (fiddle, gag, gouge, hocus, hoodwink), упойвам (dope, hocus, bemuse), погаждам номер (hocus, rag), слагам наркотик във (hocus), измамвам (beguile, chisel, clip, cross, dash), упоявам (dope, intoxicate, anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetize), правя фокуси (juggle, conjure, hocus pocus), погаждам номера (hocus pocus), измама (cheat, cozenage, deceit, deception, do). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Balgarski (transliteration) | pitie s narkotik (hocus), mamya (fiddle, gag, gouge, hocus, hoodwink), upoyvam (dope, hocus, bemuse), pogazhdam nomer (hocus, rag), slagam narkotik vʺv (hocus), izmamvam (beguile, chisel, clip, cross, dash), upoyavam (dope, intoxicate, anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetize), pravya fokusi (juggle, conjure, hocus pocus), pogazhdam nomera (hocus pocus), izmama (cheat, cozenage, deceit, deception, do). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bohemian | klamat (hocus, bluff, deceive, jockey, mock), omámit (dazzle, daze, hocus, drug, fuddle), podvádět (cheat, mock, deceive, fiddle, fudge), ošamutiti (hocus, stun), opiti (hang on, hocus, inebriate, intoxicate, make drunk), napálit (dupe, bamboozle, con, swipe, beat), namíchat omamný nápoj (hocus), nadopovat (hocus). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | enganar (to deceive, deceive, cheat, to hoodwink, to victimize), mistificar (to mystify, mystify, hoax, trick, fool), impostor (charlatan, quack, imposter, cheat, impostor), bebida falsificada (hocus). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bulgarian | питие с наркотик (hocus), мамя (fiddle, gag, gouge, hocus, hoodwink), упойвам (dope, hocus, bemuse), погаждам номер (hocus, rag), слагам наркотик във (hocus), измамвам (beguile, chisel, clip, cross, dash), упоявам (dope, intoxicate, anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetize), правя фокуси (juggle, conjure, hocus pocus), погаждам номера (hocus pocus), измама (cheat, cozenage, deceit, deception, do). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bulgarian (transliteration) | pitie s narkotik (hocus), mamya (fiddle, gag, gouge, hocus, hoodwink), upoyvam (dope, hocus, bemuse), pogazhdam nomer (hocus, rag), slagam narkotik vʺv (hocus), izmamvam (beguile, chisel, clip, cross, dash), upoyavam (dope, intoxicate, anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetize), pravya fokusi (juggle, conjure, hocus pocus), pogazhdam nomera (hocus pocus), izmama (cheat, cozenage, deceit, deception, do). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Mongolian | хуурах (befool, beguile, best, chisel, cozen), мэхлэх (befool, beguile, best, cheat, chisel), мансууруулах (hocus), илбэ їзїїлэх (conjure, hocus pocus, juggle, jugglery), илбэ (bewitchment, diabolism, hocus pocus, juggle, magic), заль ов (hocus pocus, machination). Additional references: Central Mongolian, Mongolia, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central (transliteration) | khuurakh (befool, beguile, best, chisel, cozen), mekhlekh (befool, beguile, best, cheat, chisel), mansuuruulakh (hocus), ilbe їzїїlekh (conjure, hocus pocus, juggle, jugglery), ilbe (bewitchment, diabolism, hocus pocus, juggle, magic), zalʹ ov (hocus pocus, machination). Additional references: Central Mongolian, Mongolia, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Tai | ของที่ใช้หลอกผู้คนให้กลัว (hocus pocus, mumbo jumbo, wish-wash). Additional references: Central Tai, Thailand, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | klamat (hocus, bluff, deceive, jockey, mock), omámit (dazzle, daze, hocus, drug, fuddle), podvádět (cheat, mock, deceive, fiddle, fudge), ošamutiti (hocus, stun), opiti (hang on, hocus, inebriate, intoxicate, make drunk), napálit (dupe, bamboozle, con, swipe, beat), namíchat omamný nápoj (hocus), nadopovat (hocus). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 麻醉 (to anaesthetize, anaesthesia, anesthesia, anaesthetization, anesthetization), 欺骗 (to cheat, to deceive, cheat, deceit, deceive). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 欺騙 (to cheat, to deceive, cheat, deceive, fraud), 麻醉 (to anaesthetize, anaesthesia, anesthesia, anaesthetization, anesthetization). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Croatian | opiti (intoxicate, hocus, inebriate). Additional references: Croatian, Croatia, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | klamat (hocus, bluff, deceive, jockey, mock), omámit (dazzle, daze, hocus, drug, fuddle), podvádět (cheat, mock, deceive, fiddle, fudge), ošamutiti (hocus, stun), opiti (hang on, hocus, inebriate, intoxicate, make drunk), napálit (dupe, bamboozle, con, swipe, beat), namíchat omamný nápoj (hocus), nadopovat (hocus). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Daco-Rumanian | pune narcotic (hocus), pãcãli (cheat, deceive, diddle, do, dupe), narcotiza (dope, drug, hocus, narcotize). Additional references: Daco-Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dari | فريفتن (entice, bewitch, captivate, charm, doodle), فريب دهنده (gagger, hocus, seducer, lurer), نوشابه دارو زده (hocus), گول زدن (fool, bamboozle, befool, beguile, cajole), حقه (flam, foul play, knack, monkeyshine, pompon), نوشابه داروزده (hocus), تردستی (jugglery, legerdemain, agility, dexterity, hocus pocus). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dutch | bedwelmen (intoxicate, stun, stupefy, drug, besot), bedriegen (deceive, cheat, be unfaithful, be unfaithful to, beguile). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ena | հիմարացնել (hocus, juggle), թմրադեղերով շշմեցնել (hocus). Additional references: Ena, Armenia, Azerbaijan, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ermeni Dili | հիմարացնել (hocus, juggle), թմրադեղերով շշմեցնել (hocus). Additional references: Ermeni Dili, Armenia, Azerbaijan, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ermenice | հիմարացնել (hocus, juggle), թմրադեղերով շշմեցնել (hocus). Additional references: Ermenice, Armenia, Azerbaijan, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Gaelg | molley (baffle, bafflement, beguile, bluff, cajole). Additional references: Gaelg, United Kingdom, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Gailck | molley (baffle, bafflement, beguile, bluff, cajole). Additional references: Gailck, United Kingdom, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek | ναρκώνω (anaesthetize, benumb, chloroform, hocus, numb), ναρκώ (hocus, torpify). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek (transliteration) | narkono (anaesthetize, benumb, chloroform, hocus, numb), narko (hocus, torpify). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Haieren | հիմարացնել (hocus, juggle), թմրադեղերով շշմեցնել (hocus). Additional references: Haieren, Armenia, Azerbaijan, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Halh | хуурах (befool, beguile, best, chisel, cozen), мэхлэх (befool, beguile, best, cheat, chisel), мансууруулах (hocus), илбэ їзїїлэх (conjure, hocus pocus, juggle, jugglery), илбэ (bewitchment, diabolism, hocus pocus, juggle, magic), заль ов (hocus pocus, machination). Additional references: Halh, Mongolia, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Halh (transliteration) | khuurakh (befool, beguile, best, chisel, cozen), mekhlekh (befool, beguile, best, cheat, chisel), mansuuruulakh (hocus), ilbe їzїїlekh (conjure, hocus pocus, juggle, jugglery), ilbe (bewitchment, diabolism, hocus pocus, juggle, magic), zalʹ ov (hocus pocus, machination). Additional references: Halh, Mongolia, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguk Mal | 속이다 (gull, chouse, cod, delude, disguise), 마취제를 타다 (hocus), 마취시키다 (narcotize, drug, hocus, stupefy, anaesthetize), 속여넘기다 (hocus), …을 속이다 (bamboozle, cheat, cozen, deceive, falsify), …에게 마취제를 탄 음료를 먹여서 잠들게 하다 (hocus). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguohua | 속이다 (gull, chouse, cod, delude, disguise), 마취제를 타다 (hocus), 마취시키다 (narcotize, drug, hocus, stupefy, anaesthetize), 속여넘기다 (hocus), …을 속이다 (bamboozle, cheat, cozen, deceive, falsify), …에게 마취제를 탄 음료를 먹여서 잠들게 하다 (hocus). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hebrew | הָמַם (daze, hocus, knockout, overwhelm, shock), הוֹנָה (bilk, bunco, bunko, cheat, chouse), רִמָּה (bamboozle, bilk, bunco, bunko, catch), הוקוס פוקוס (hocus pocus). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | هراء (drivel, balderdash, bull, bunk, fudge), خدع (hoax, humbug, trick, bluff, cheat). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hungarian | kábítószert tartalmazó ital (hocus), becsap (to dupe, to hocus, slam, to mock at SG, to take in). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Indonesian | mempermainkan (hocus, make a fool of someone, mock, palter with, quiz), memabukkan (intoxicate, drug, fuddle, daze, intoxicant). Additional references: Indonesian, Indonesia, Java, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | ingannare (deceive, to deceive, cheat, beguile, delude), imbrogliare (cheat, bamboozle, diddle, embroil, entangle), drogare (dope, drug, spice, hocus, nobble), stordire (daze, stun, befuddle, dumbfound, dizzy), fatturare (invoice, bill, doctor, hocus, adulterate), adulterare (adulterate, doctor, debase, sophisticate, bedevil), abbindolare (deceive, bamboozle, beguile, cheat, defraud), gherminella (dodge, hocus-pocus, hokey-pokey, legerdemain, hocus pocus). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ivrit | הָמַם (daze, hocus, knockout, overwhelm, shock), הוֹנָה (bilk, bunco, bunko, cheat, chouse), רִמָּה (bamboozle, bilk, bunco, bunko, catch), הוקוס פוקוס (hocus pocus). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | だます (beguile, cheat, cozen, deceive, diddle), だましなさい (bamboozle, bilk, cheat, hocus). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Khalkha Mongolian | хуурах (befool, beguile, best, chisel, cozen), мэхлэх (befool, beguile, best, cheat, chisel), мансууруулах (hocus), илбэ їзїїлэх (conjure, hocus pocus, juggle, jugglery), илбэ (bewitchment, diabolism, hocus pocus, juggle, magic), заль ов (hocus pocus, machination). Additional references: Khalkha Mongolian, Mongolia, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Khalkha (transliteration) | khuurakh (befool, beguile, best, chisel, cozen), mekhlekh (befool, beguile, best, cheat, chisel), mansuuruulakh (hocus), ilbe їzїїlekh (conjure, hocus pocus, juggle, jugglery), ilbe (bewitchment, diabolism, hocus pocus, juggle, magic), zalʹ ov (hocus pocus, machination). Additional references: Khalkha Mongolian, Mongolia, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Korean | 속이다 (gull, chouse, cod, delude, disguise), 마취제를 타다 (hocus), 마취시키다 (narcotize, drug, hocus, stupefy, anaesthetize), 속여넘기다 (hocus), …을 속이다 (bamboozle, cheat, cozen, deceive, falsify), …에게 마취제를 탄 음료를 먹여서 잠들게 하다 (hocus). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Latvian | piemānīt (best, coda, deceive, dish, do), piekrāpt (befool, cheat, chisel, cozen, deceive), apreibināt (fuddle, hocus, inebriate). Additional references: Latvian, Latvia, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Latviska | piemānīt (best, coda, deceive, dish, do), piekrāpt (befool, cheat, chisel, cozen, deceive), apreibināt (fuddle, hocus, inebriate). Additional references: Latviska, Latvia, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Lettisch | piemānīt (best, coda, deceive, dish, do), piekrāpt (befool, cheat, chisel, cozen, deceive), apreibināt (fuddle, hocus, inebriate). Additional references: Lettisch, Latvia, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Lettish | piemānīt (best, coda, deceive, dish, do), piekrāpt (befool, cheat, chisel, cozen, deceive), apreibināt (fuddle, hocus, inebriate). Additional references: Lettish, Latvia, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Lietuvi | nugirdyti (befuddle, hocus, souse, swizzle), apsvaiginti (fluster, hocus, knock out, to make dizzy), apgauti (beat, beguile, best, betray, bluff). Additional references: Lietuvi, Lithuania, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Litauische | nugirdyti (befuddle, hocus, souse, swizzle), apsvaiginti (fluster, hocus, knock out, to make dizzy), apgauti (beat, beguile, best, betray, bluff). Additional references: Litauische, Lithuania, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Litewski | nugirdyti (befuddle, hocus, souse, swizzle), apsvaiginti (fluster, hocus, knock out, to make dizzy), apgauti (beat, beguile, best, betray, bluff). Additional references: Litewski, Lithuania, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Lithuanian | nugirdyti (befuddle, hocus, souse, swizzle), apsvaiginti (fluster, hocus, knock out, to make dizzy), apgauti (beat, beguile, best, betray, bluff). Additional references: Lithuanian, Lithuania, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Litovskiy | nugirdyti (befuddle, hocus, souse, swizzle), apsvaiginti (fluster, hocus, knock out, to make dizzy), apgauti (beat, beguile, best, betray, bluff). Additional references: Litovskiy, Lithuania, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Liutuviskai | nugirdyti (befuddle, hocus, souse, swizzle), apsvaiginti (fluster, hocus, knock out, to make dizzy), apgauti (beat, beguile, best, betray, bluff). Additional references: Liutuviskai, Lithuania, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Magyar | kábítószert tartalmazó ital (hocus), becsap (to dupe, to hocus, slam, to mock at SG, to take in). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Manx | molley (baffle, bafflement, beguile, bluff, cajole). Additional references: Manx, United Kingdom, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Manx Gaelic | molley (baffle, bafflement, beguile, bluff, cajole). Additional references: Manx Gaelic, United Kingdom, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Moldavian | pune narcotic (hocus), pãcãli (cheat, deceive, diddle, do, dupe), narcotiza (dope, drug, hocus, narcotize). Additional references: Moldavian, Romania, Hungary, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Mongol | хуурах (befool, beguile, best, chisel, cozen), мэхлэх (befool, beguile, best, cheat, chisel), мансууруулах (hocus), илбэ їзїїлэх (conjure, hocus pocus, juggle, jugglery), илбэ (bewitchment, diabolism, hocus pocus, juggle, magic), заль ов (hocus pocus, machination). Additional references: Mongol, Mongolia, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Mongol (transliteration) | khuurakh (befool, beguile, best, chisel, cozen), mekhlekh (befool, beguile, best, cheat, chisel), mansuuruulakh (hocus), ilbe їzїїlekh (conjure, hocus pocus, juggle, jugglery), ilbe (bewitchment, diabolism, hocus pocus, juggle, magic), zalʹ ov (hocus pocus, machination). Additional references: Mongol, Mongolia, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Mongolian | хуурах (befool, beguile, best, chisel, cozen), мэхлэх (befool, beguile, best, cheat, chisel), мансууруулах (hocus), илбэ їзїїлэх (conjure, hocus pocus, juggle, jugglery), илбэ (bewitchment, diabolism, hocus pocus, juggle, magic), заль ов (hocus pocus, machination). Additional references: Mongolian, Mongolia, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Mongolian (transliteration) | khuurakh (befool, beguile, best, chisel, cozen), mekhlekh (befool, beguile, best, cheat, chisel), mansuuruulakh (hocus), ilbe їzїїlekh (conjure, hocus pocus, juggle, jugglery), ilbe (bewitchment, diabolism, hocus pocus, juggle, magic), zalʹ ov (hocus pocus, machination). Additional references: Mongolian, Mongolia, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Parsi | فريفتن (entice, bewitch, captivate, charm, doodle), فريب دهنده (gagger, hocus, seducer, lurer), نوشابه دارو زده (hocus), گول زدن (fool, bamboozle, befool, beguile, cajole), حقه (flam, foul play, knack, monkeyshine, pompon), نوشابه داروزده (hocus), تردستی (jugglery, legerdemain, agility, dexterity, hocus pocus). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian | فريفتن (entice, bewitch, captivate, charm, doodle), فريب دهنده (gagger, hocus, seducer, lurer), نوشابه دارو زده (hocus), گول زدن (fool, bamboozle, befool, beguile, cajole), حقه (flam, foul play, knack, monkeyshine, pompon), نوشابه داروزده (hocus), تردستی (jugglery, legerdemain, agility, dexterity, hocus pocus). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian (Farsi) | فريفتن (entice, bewitch, captivate, charm, doodle), فريب دهنده (gagger, hocus, seducer, lurer), نوشابه دارو زده (hocus), گول زدن (fool, bamboozle, befool, beguile, cajole), حقه (flam, foul play, knack, monkeyshine, pompon), نوشابه داروزده (hocus), تردستی (jugglery, legerdemain, agility, dexterity, hocus pocus). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polish | komisja ad hoc (ad hoc committee, ad, adagio, adenoid, adenoids), improwizowany (ad hoc, impromptu, ad, adagio, adenoid), ad hoc (ad hoc, ad, adagio, adenoid, adenoids). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polnisch | komisja ad hoc (ad hoc committee, ad, adagio, adenoid, adenoids), improwizowany (ad hoc, impromptu, ad, adagio, adenoid), ad hoc (ad hoc, ad, adagio, adenoid, adenoids). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polski | komisja ad hoc (ad hoc committee, ad, adagio, adenoid, adenoids), improwizowany (ad hoc, impromptu, ad, adagio, adenoid), ad hoc (ad hoc, ad, adagio, adenoid, adenoids). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | enganar (deceive, cheat, to deceive, victimize, hoodwink), taco de hóquei (hocus), mistificar (mystify, to mystify, hoax, trick, fool), impostor (charlatan, quack, imposter, cheat, impostor), bebida falsificada (hocus). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Romanian | pune narcotic (hocus), pãcãli (cheat, deceive, diddle, do, dupe), narcotiza (dope, drug, hocus, narcotize). Additional references: Romanian, Romania, Hungary, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Rumanian | pune narcotic (hocus), pãcãli (cheat, deceive, diddle, do, dupe), narcotiza (dope, drug, hocus, narcotize). Additional references: Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian | одурманивать (befuddle, hocus, fuddle, stupefied, stupefy), одурманить (drug, drugged, hocus), обманывать (cheat, deceive, defraud, hoodwink, beguile), надувательство (dupery, trickery, humbug, cozenage, do), фокус-покус (hocus pocus, hocus-pocus, hokey-pokey), проделывать фокус (hocus pocus). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian (transliteration) | odurmanivatʹ (befuddle, hocus, fuddle, stupefied, stupefy), odurmanitʹ (drug, drugged, hocus), obmanyvatʹ (cheat, deceive, defraud, hoodwink, beguile), naduvatelʹstvo (dupery, trickery, humbug, cozenage, do), fokus-pokus (hocus pocus, hocus-pocus, hokey-pokey), prodelyvatʹ fokus (hocus pocus). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki | одурманивать (befuddle, hocus, fuddle, stupefied, stupefy), одурманить (drug, drugged, hocus), обманывать (cheat, deceive, defraud, hoodwink, beguile), надувательство (dupery, trickery, humbug, cozenage, do), фокус-покус (hocus pocus, hocus-pocus, hokey-pokey), проделывать фокус (hocus pocus). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki (transliteration) | odurmanivatʹ (befuddle, hocus, fuddle, stupefied, stupefy), odurmanitʹ (drug, drugged, hocus), obmanyvatʹ (cheat, deceive, defraud, hoodwink, beguile), naduvatelʹstvo (dupery, trickery, humbug, cozenage, do), fokus-pokus (hocus pocus, hocus-pocus, hokey-pokey), prodelyvatʹ fokus (hocus pocus). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Serbian (transliteration) | varati (swindle, beguile, betray, cheat, chicane), opseniti (blind, fascinate, glamorize, glamour, hocus), opiti (inebriate, narcotize, disguise, elevate, fluster), obmanjivati (befool, cod, cozen, deceive, defraud), ošamutiti (besot, daze, stun, stupefy, bemuse), hokus pokus (hanky-panky, hocus pocus, hocus-pocus). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Shkip | vë në lojë (guy, hoax, hocus, mock, tease), shushas me drogë (hocus), mashtroj (swindle, cheat, deceive, hose, bamboozle), i punoj një rreng (hoax, hocus), i fus drogë në pijë (hocus). Additional references: Shkip, Turkey (Europe), hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Shqip | vë në lojë (guy, hoax, hocus, mock, tease), shushas me drogë (hocus), mashtroj (swindle, cheat, deceive, hose, bamboozle), i punoj një rreng (hoax, hocus), i fus drogë në pijë (hocus). Additional references: Shqip, Turkey (Europe), hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Shqiperë | vë në lojë (guy, hoax, hocus, mock, tease), shushas me drogë (hocus), mashtroj (swindle, cheat, deceive, hose, bamboozle), i punoj një rreng (hoax, hocus), i fus drogë në pijë (hocus). Additional references: Shqiperë, Turkey (Europe), hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Siamese | ของที่ใช้หลอกผู้คนให้กลัว (hocus pocus, mumbo jumbo, wish-wash). Additional references: Siamese, Thailand, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Skchip | vë në lojë (guy, hoax, hocus, mock, tease), shushas me drogë (hocus), mashtroj (swindle, cheat, deceive, hose, bamboozle), i punoj një rreng (hoax, hocus), i fus drogë në pijë (hocus). Additional references: Skchip, Turkey (Europe), hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Somkhuri | հիմարացնել (hocus, juggle), թմրադեղերով շշմեցնել (hocus). Additional references: Somkhuri, Armenia, Azerbaijan, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | engañar (deceive, trick, cheat, to deceive, fool), narcotizar (narcotize, dope, drug, to narcotize, hocus), burlar (deride, deceive, dish, gag, hoodwink), atontar con drogas (hocus), emborrachar (inebriate, soak, souse, carouse, fuddle). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Standard Thai | ของที่ใช้หลอกผู้คนให้กลัว (hocus pocus, mumbo jumbo, wish-wash). Additional references: Standard Thai, Thailand, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Thai | ของที่ใช้หลอกผู้คนให้กลัว (hocus pocus, mumbo jumbo, wish-wash). Additional references: Thai, Thailand, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Thaiklang | ของที่ใช้หลอกผู้คนให้กลัว (hocus pocus, mumbo jumbo, wish-wash). Additional references: Thaiklang, Thailand, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Tosk | vë në lojë (guy, hoax, hocus, mock, tease), shushas me drogë (hocus), mashtroj (swindle, cheat, deceive, hose, bamboozle), i punoj një rreng (hoax, hocus), i fus drogë në pijë (hocus). Additional references: Tosk, Turkey (Europe), hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Turkish | oyun etmek (hocus, deceive, hoax, palter, play a trick), aldatmak (deceive, trick, humbug, cajole, cheat), uyuşturucu vermek (dope, drug, hocus), uyuşturucu katmak (dope, hocus), uyuşturucu ilaçla sarhoş etmek (hocus), sersemletmek (stun, dull, bewilder, daze, fuddle), içki içine uyuşturucu katmak (hocus), birini sersemletmek (hocus), hile (deception, fraud, artifice, humbug, pretense), hokus-pokus (hocus pocus). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ukrainian | одурманювати (hocus, befuddle, fuddle), обдурювати (cheat, befool, bilk, juggle, bamboozle), фокус-покус (hocus pocus), фокус (focus, sleight, conjury, hocus pocus, pass), обдурювання (humbug, chouse, cozenage, dupery, hocus pocus). Additional references: Ukrainian, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ukrainian (transliteration) | odurmanyuvati (hocus, befuddle, fuddle), obduryuvati (cheat, befool, bilk, juggle, bamboozle), fokus-pokus (hocus pocus), fokus (focus, sleight, conjury, hocus pocus, pass), obduryuvannya (humbug, chouse, cozenage, dupery, hocus pocus). Additional references: Ukrainian, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Urdu | جل دینا۔ فریب دینا۔ دم دینا۔ نشہ ملا دینا۔ (hocus). Additional references: Urdu, Pakistan, India, hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Zhgabe | vë në lojë (guy, hoax, hocus, mock, tease), shushas me drogë (hocus), mashtroj (swindle, cheat, deceive, hose, bamboozle), i punoj një rreng (hoax, hocus), i fus drogë në pijë (hocus). Additional references: Zhgabe, Turkey (Europe), hocus. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “hocus” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Athag | hathagocathagus (hocus). Additional references: Athag, hocus. (volunteer) | |||
| Double Dutch | hagocagus (hocus). Additional references: Double Dutch, hocus. (volunteer) | |||
| Leet | ]~[()¢|_|§ (hocus). Additional references: Leet, hocus. (volunteer) | |||
| Oppish | hopocopus (hocus). Additional references: Oppish, hocus. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | ocushay (hocus). Additional references: Pig Latin, hocus. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | ipbatait (hocus). Additional references: Terran B, hocus. (volunteer) | |||
| Ubbi Dubbi | hubocubus (hocus). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, hocus. (volunteer) | |||
| Source: compiled by the editor. | Top | |||
| Language | Period | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | ||
| Latin | 500 BCE - 1700 | fallere (beguile, be lacking or defective, be mistaken, cheat, deceive). Additional references: Latin, hocus. (volunteer) | ||
| Old French | 900 - 1400 | losenge (flattery, deception, falsehood, fraud, blandishment), losange (flattery, deception, falsehood, fraud, blandishment). Additional references: Old French, hocus. (volunteer) | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor. | Top | |||
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