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• Hocktooey

  interjection An imitation of hawking and spitting, taken as a sign of machismo: masculine in a cigar-smoking, crotch-grabbing, hocktooey! way (1990s+)

• Hocm

  high osmolar contrast medium

• Hocus

  [hoh-kuh s] /ˈhoʊ kəs/ verb (used with object), hocused, hocusing or (especially British) hocussed, hocussing. 1. to play a trick on; hoax; cheat. 2. to stupefy with drugged liquor. 3. to drug (liquor). /ˈhəʊkəs/ verb (transitive) (rare) -cuses, -cusing, -cused, -cuses, -cussing, -cussed 1. to take in; trick 2. to stupefy, esp with a drug […]

• Hocus-pocus

  [hoh-kuh s-poh-kuh s] /ˈhoʊ kəsˈpoʊ kəs/ noun 1. a meaningless chant or expression used in conjuring or incantation. 2. a juggler’s trick; sleight of hand. 3. trickery; deception. 4. unnecessarily mysterious or elaborate activity or talk to cover up a deception, magnify a simple purpose, etc. verb (used with object), hocus-pocused, hocus-pocusing or (especially British) […]

• Hod

  [hod] /hɒd/ noun 1. a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder. 2. a coal scuttle. /hɒd/ noun 1. an open metal or plastic box fitted with a handle, for carrying bricks, mortar, etc 2. a tall narrow coal scuttle n. 1570s, alteration […]

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