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hokey

English

Alternative forms

  • hokie, hoaky, hoky

Etymology

From the verb hoke (“to give an artificial feel to”), from hokum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?h??ki/
  • (US) IPA: /?ho?ki/
    Rhymes: -??ki

Adjective

hokey (comparative hokier, superlative hokiest)

  1. (US, colloquial) phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality
  2. (US, colloquial) corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental
    Synonyms: cheesy, kitschy

Related terms

  • hokiness
  • hoke
  • hokum

Translations

See also

  • Hokey Cokey
  • hokeypokey
  • hokey-tokey

Further reading

  • “hokey”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

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chokey

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?t???ki/

Etymology 1

choke +? -y

Adjective

chokey (comparative more chokey, superlative most chokey)

  1. Reminiscent of choking.
    • 1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days Chapter 4
      The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather chokey.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi ???? (cauk?, “post, police station, etc.”).

Noun

chokey (plural chokeys)

  1. (dated, Britain) prison
  2. (India, historical) A station, as for collection of customs, for palanquin bearers, police, etc.

References

  • Matilda by Roald Dahl

Anagrams

  • hockey

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