| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A term used by jugglers in pretended incantations.[Websters]
2. A juggler or trickster.[Websters] 3. A juggler's trick; a cheat; nonsense.[Websters]. | |
| Verb | 1. To cheat.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: hocuspocusing, hocuspocused, hocuspocuses, hocuspocuser, hocuspocusers, hocuspocusingly and hocuspocusedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HOCUSPOCUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Note: Hocuspocus \Ho"cus*po"cus\, transitive verb. To cheat. [Colloquial]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HOCUSPOCUS
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To cheat. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
