Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An evil spell; a curse.
- noun One that brings bad luck.
- transitive verb To put a hex on.
- transitive verb To bring or wish bad luck to.
- adjective Hexagonal. Used of hardware, such as bolts and screws, with hexagonal heads or hexagonal sockets.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun computing, informal Short for
hexadecimal . - verb To put a hex (a spell, especially an evil spell) on.
- noun An
evil spell orcurse . - noun A
witch . - noun rare A
spell (now rare but still found in compounds such ashex sign and hexcraft).
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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David Ashley's glowering sorcerer, Abanazer, supplies what someone calls the hex factor.
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John on Jun 20, 2008 no idea who/what jonah hex is but have to go with fillion on this one, hes badass and a great actor, thomas jane is not now wheres my serenity sequel harrison on Jun 20, 2008
So That Truly Was Thomas Jane as Jonah Hex! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Snyder after a win over Dallas, witnessed for himself how powerful the Cowboys 'hex is over the Redskins.
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Already a decades-old product in America, these dirt-scoopers, which weigh in at 38 tons, haven't made much headway in China, which still relies on the smaller "hex" -- industry jargon for hydraulic excavator -- and trucks on most construction sites.
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: its only a hex if you call a hex jack: P I hope to start readjusting my sleep schedule .. would be l ...
The Offside 2010
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I’m not a— I couldn’t think of a word for hex just then in Lambaneish.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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I’m not a— I couldn’t think of a word for hex just then in Lambaneish.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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I’m not a— I couldn’t think of a word for hex just then in Lambaneish.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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But Warner knows that Mexico not making the hex is a big hit to the wallet of CONCACAF.
Archive 2009-10-01 Matt Johnston 2009
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They briefly mention the possibility of a watch that displays the seconds since Unix epoch, which is what I really want, especially if it can do so in hex.
missanthropist commented on the word hex
Greek} Six.
July 9, 2008
jodi commented on the word hex
The Guardian says that 'hex' is used to mean # (from How the # became the sign of our times
It's called an octothorpe – and Twitter users have made it a global symbol
). Wikipedia suggests that this is common in Singapore and Malaysia telephone usage, but needs citations.December 16, 2010