Verb I think our plans have been hexed from the start—everything is going wrong. Noun He claimed that a witch had put a hex on him. people who used to believe that misfortune was caused by evil hexes and mischievous sprites
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Verb
At the trial, the judge wondered if demonstrators outside the courtroom were using voodoo dolls, or planning to hex anyone. Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2021 The most common Punjabi phrase people are using to hex the president seems to have originated in a tweet unrelated to Trump, from a fan account dedicated to Cory Monteith, the Glee star who died in 2013. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2020 Circe, a witch of transformation from Homer’s The Odyssey, hexes Hilda (Lucy Davis) into a spider woman. Nick Romano, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2020 Getty Images Remember when Lana Del Rey joined the witches of Twitter and casually called upon her followers to cast a spell as part of a nation-wide effort to hex Trump out of office? Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 25 July 2017 In the 1960s, a coven calling themselves W.I.T.C.H (Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell) set about hexing Wall Street and beauty pageants and generally hanging around being creepy. Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, 3 Apr. 2018 Tread softly, wear a big smile and promise not to hex anyone. Minerva, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Oct. 2017 Getty Remember when Lana Del Rey joined the witches of Twitter and casually called upon her followers to cast a spell as part of a nation-wide effort to hex Trump out of office? Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 25 July 2017 Still, there’s no denying that the Clippers never have advanced beyond two rounds of playoffs in any one season, an almost impossible degree of ineptitude that same people might characterize as being hexed. Jeff Miller, Orange County Register, 16 Apr. 2017
Noun
Many of the account's findings require Game Genie codes or hex edits to original ROM files to access them since the modes are often left behind in the games' original code, never meant to be seen by average fans. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 8 Aug. 2022 The special hex-weave material helps keep out critters and keep in any oils or odors from the kibble. Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2022 While entering Wanda's hex, her DNA gets rewritten, resulting in her superhuman powers. Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 July 2022 Because Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange put a hex on Poppa to hit himself continually, maybe the experience involves some bashing?Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2022 The Rangers will try to break Carolina’s home hex over visiting teams in Game 5 on Thursday.New York Times, 26 May 2022 The good news was that the heavy hex layout reduced the frequency of collisions. Zaira Nazario, Scientific American, 1 May 2022 Monica helps save the town of Westview from the supernatural hex accidentally created by Wanda. Annie O’sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 7 June 2022 Short-range couplers use chip-to-chip parallelization to extend IBM’s heavy-hex lattice between multiple chips. Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes, 18 May 2022
Adjective
Even if your slot- or hex-head base and ring screws are not damaged, consider replacing them with torx screws. David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 29 July 2020 First up were hex deadlift squats using a cap barbell weight bar (or trap bar). Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 23 Sep. 2017
Adjective or noun
Even if your slot- or hex-head base and ring screws are not damaged, consider replacing them with torx screws. David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 29 July 2020 First up were hex deadlift squats using a cap barbell weight bar (or trap bar). Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 23 Sep. 2017 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Pennsylvania German hexe, from German hexen, from Hexe witch, from Old High German hagzissa; akin to Middle English hagge hag