dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/hoc_MWT.json
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{
"hocus-pocus":{
"the art or skill of performing tricks or illusions for entertainment":{
"examples":[
"with some well-crafted hocus-pocus , the illusionist made the dove disappear from his hands"
],
"synonyms":[
"conjuring",
"legerdemain",
"magic",
"prestidigitation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"trickery"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hocking":{
"to leave as a guarantee of repayment of a loan":{
"examples":[
"the prince had to hock the family jewels to pay his gambling debts"
],
"synonyms":[
"pawning",
"pledging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depositing",
"mortgaging",
"bonding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buying (back)",
"redeeming",
"winning (back)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hocus-pocuses":{
"the art or skill of performing tricks or illusions for entertainment":{
"examples":[
"with some well-crafted hocus-pocus , the illusionist made the dove disappear from his hands"
],
"synonyms":[
"conjuring",
"legerdemain",
"magic",
"prestidigitation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"trickery"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hock":{
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
"examples":[
"some lowlife who had been in and out of hock most of his adult life"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastille",
"big house",
"bridewell",
"brig",
"calaboose",
"can",
"clink",
"cooler",
"coop",
"guardroom",
"hold",
"hoosegow",
"jail",
"jailhouse",
"joint",
"jug",
"lockup",
"nick",
"pen",
"penitentiary",
"pokey",
"prison",
"quod",
"slam",
"slammer",
"stir",
"stockade",
"tolbooth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull pen",
"cage",
"cell",
"hole",
"tank",
"block",
"ward",
"glasshouse",
"guardhouse",
"hulk(s)",
"concentration camp",
"gulag",
"labor camp",
"prison camp",
"stalag",
"work camp",
"dungeon",
"keep",
"oubliette",
"reformatory",
"reform school",
"training school"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outside"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to leave as a guarantee of repayment of a loan":{
"examples":[
"the prince had to hock the family jewels to pay his gambling debts"
],
"synonyms":[
"pawn",
"pledge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deposit",
"mortgage",
"bond"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buy (back)",
"redeem",
"win (back)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"hocked":{
"to leave as a guarantee of repayment of a loan":{
"examples":[
"the prince had to hock the family jewels to pay his gambling debts"
],
"synonyms":[
"pawned",
"pledged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deposited",
"mortgaged",
"bonded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bought (back)",
"redeemed",
"won (back)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hocks":{
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
"examples":[
"some lowlife who had been in and out of hock most of his adult life"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastilles",
"big houses",
"bridewells",
"brigs",
"calabooses",
"cans",
"clinks",
"coolers",
"coops",
"guardrooms",
"holds",
"hoosegows",
"jailhouses",
"jails",
"joints",
"jugs",
"lockups",
"nicks",
"penitentiaries",
"pens",
"pokeys",
"prisons",
"quods",
"slammers",
"slams",
"stirs",
"stockades",
"tolbooths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull pens",
"cages",
"cells",
"holes",
"tanks",
"blocks",
"wards",
"glasshouses",
"guardhouses",
"hulks",
"concentration camps",
"gulags",
"labor camps",
"prison camps",
"stalags",
"work camps",
"dungeons",
"keeps",
"oubliettes",
"reformatories",
"reform schools",
"training schools"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outsides"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to leave as a guarantee of repayment of a loan":{
"examples":[
"the prince had to hock the family jewels to pay his gambling debts"
],
"synonyms":[
"pawns",
"pledges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deposits",
"mortgages",
"bonds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buys (back)",
"redeems",
"wins (back)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}