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oaky

English

Etymology

From oak +? -y.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

oaky (comparative oakier, superlative oakiest)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of the oak tree or its wood.
  2. Describing the taste of wine that has been aged in oak and acquired tannins from the wood.

Anagrams

  • kayo, okay, yoak

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hoaky

English

Alternative forms

  • hokey, hokie, hoky

Etymology

Probably influenced by the spelling of hoax.

Adjective

hoaky (comparative hoakier, superlative hoakiest)

  1. Alternative spelling of hokey: phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived.
  2. Alternative spelling of hokey: corny; ridiculously sentimental.

Quotations

  • 1982, Ben Bradlee, The Ambush Murders, page 425:
    "This has got to be the hoakiest thing I ever heard of," Tennant thought at the time.

Anagrams

  • OK yah, khoya

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