"hocuspocus" meaning in English

See hocuspocus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: hocuspocuses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hocuspocus (countable and uncountable, plural hocuspocuses)
  1. Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: hocus-pocus
    Sense id: en-hocuspocus-en-noun-rtXf1lsj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

Verb

Forms: hocuspocuses [present, singular, third-person], hocuspocusing [participle, present], hocuspocused [participle, past], hocuspocused [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} hocuspocus (third-person singular simple present hocuspocuses, present participle hocuspocusing, simple past and past participle hocuspocused)
  1. Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hocus-pocus
    Sense id: en-hocuspocus-en-verb-rtXf1lsj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hocuspocuses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "hocuspocus (countable and uncountable, plural hocuspocuses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "hocus-pocus"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus"
      ],
      "id": "en-hocuspocus-en-noun-rtXf1lsj",
      "links": [
        [
          "hocus-pocus",
          "hocus-pocus#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hocuspocus"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hocuspocuses",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hocuspocusing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hocuspocused",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hocuspocused",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hocuspocus (third-person singular simple present hocuspocuses, present participle hocuspocusing, simple past and past participle hocuspocused)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "hocus-pocus"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus"
      ],
      "id": "en-hocuspocus-en-verb-rtXf1lsj",
      "links": [
        [
          "hocus-pocus",
          "hocus-pocus#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hocuspocus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hocuspocuses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "hocuspocus (countable and uncountable, plural hocuspocuses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "hocus-pocus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hocus-pocus",
          "hocus-pocus#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hocuspocus"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hocuspocuses",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hocuspocusing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hocuspocused",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hocuspocused",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hocuspocus (third-person singular simple present hocuspocuses, present participle hocuspocusing, simple past and past participle hocuspocused)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "hocus-pocus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hocus-pocus",
          "hocus-pocus#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hocuspocus"
}

Download raw JSONL data for hocuspocus meaning in English (1.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (c15a5ce and 5c11237). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.