Associations to the word «Hoke»

Wiktionary

HOKE, noun. (obsolete) Alternative form of hook
HOKE, verb. (slang) To ascribe a false or artificial quality to; to pretend falsely to have some quality or to be doing something, etc.
HOKE, noun. Something contrived or artificial.
HOKE, verb. (Ireland) To scrounge, to grub.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley