ALL meanings of hex
hex
H h - verb with object hex to bewitch; practice witchcraft on: He was accused of hexing his neighbors' cows because they suddenly stopped giving milk. 1
- noun hex spell; charm: With all this rain, somebody must have put a hex on our picnic. 1
- noun hex a witch. 1
- adjective hex hexagonal: a bolt with a matching washer and hex nut. 1
- adjective hex hexadecimal (def 1). 1
- noun hex curse, spell 1
- transitive verb hex put a spell on, curse 1
- noun Definition of hex in Technology 1. hexadecimal. 2. A 6-pack of anything (compare quad). Neither usage has anything to do with magic or black art, though the pun is appreciated and occasionally used by hackers. True story: As a joke, some hackers once offered some surplus ICs for sale to be worn as protective amulets against hostile magic. The chips were, of course, hex inverters. 3. (character) The hash character, used to introduce hexadecimal constants in some assembly languages. 1
- noun hex Cast a spell on; bewitch. 1
- countable noun hex If you say that there is a hex on someone or something, you mean that there seems to be a supernatural power causing unpleasant things to happen to them. 0
- transitive verb hex If a person such as a witch or a wizard hexes someone, they put a hex on them. 0
- noun hex (as modifier) 0
- verb hex to bewitch 0
- noun hex an evil spell or symbol of bad luck 0
- noun hex a witch 0
- noun hex a sign, spell, etc. believed to bring bad luck 0
- noun hex a jinx 0
- verb transitive hex to cause to have bad luck; jinx 0
- adjective hex hexagonal (sense 1) 0
- abbreviation HEX hexagon 0
- noun hex An evil spell or curse. 0
- noun hex (rare) A spell (now rare but still found in compounds such as hex sign and hexcraft). 0
- noun hex (Informal) (computing) Short for hexadecimal. 0
- noun hex A hexagonal space on a game board. 0
- noun hex (climbing) a hexagon-shaped item of rock climbing equipment intended to be wedged into a crack or other opening in the rock. 0
- verb hex To put a hex (a spell, especially an evil spell) on. 0