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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -hocu-, *hocu*
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English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
hocus(โฮ'คัส) vt. หลอกลวงโกง, มอมเหล้าใส่ยา
hocus-pocusvt., vi. หลอกลวง, โกง, เล่นกล. n. สูตรที่ไร้ความหมาย, การหลอกลวง, การเล่นกล, Syn. trick

English-Thai: Nontri Dictionary
HOCUS-hocus-pocus(n) คำสาบาน, การเล่นกล, การหลอกลวง

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
hocus
hocutt

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
hocus-pocus

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Hocus

v. t. [ See Hocus-pocus. ] 1. To deceive or cheat. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To adulterate; to drug; as, liquor is said to be hocused for the purpose of stupefying the drinker. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To stupefy with drugged liquor. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hocus

n. 1. One who cheats or deceives. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Drugged liquor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hocus-pocus

n. [ Prob. invented by jugglers in imitation of Latin. Cf. Hoax, Hocus. ] 1. A term used by magicians or conjurers in pretended incantations. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A juggler or trickster. [ Archaic ] Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A magician's trick; a cheat; nonsense. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Obfuscating talk or elaborate but meaningless activity intended to hide a deception or to obscure what is actually happening; verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.
Syn. -- trickery, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

Hocus-pocus

v. t. To cheat. [ Colloq. ] L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

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