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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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pokey

English

Alternative forms

  • poky

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?po?.ki/
  • Rhymes: -??ki
  • Homophone: pokie

Adjective

pokey

  1. (of a room, house) of small volume, cramped
    • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 9
      He loved the little pokey kitchen, where men’s boots tramped, and the dog slept with one eye open for fear of being trodden on; where the lamp hung over the table at night, and everything was so silent.
  2. (slang) slow
  3. (slang, of a car) fast

Translations

Noun

pokey (plural pokeys)

  1. (slang, with "the") prison.
  2. (MLE, slang) knife.
    Synonyms: jooka, ying, bassy, rambo

Synonyms

  • in the poke

Translations

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