Hō'cus-pō'cus1, n.
n. [D. hokus hokus, O. Ger. okes bokes, ockes bockes. According to Turner, in his history of the Anglo-Saxons, from Ochus Bochus, a magician and demon of the northern mythology; according to Tillotson, a corruption of hoc est corpus, uttered by Romish priests on the elevation of the host.] A juggler; a juggler's trick; a cheat used by conjurers. Hudibras.