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hokeypokey

English

Alternative forms

  • hokey-pokey

Noun

hokeypokey

  1. (preceded by definite article) A group dance performed in a circle, in which people move a variety of their body parts in and out of the middle, and shake them about.
  2. (New Zealand) Honeycomb toffee.
  3. A style of icecream with pieces of honeycomb toffee.

Synonyms

  • hokey cokey
  • hokey tokey

See also

  • hokey

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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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