Associations to the word «Hokey»
Noun
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Wiktionary
HOKEY, adjective. (US) (colloquial) phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality
HOKEY, adjective. (US) (colloquial) corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental
HOKEY COKEY, noun. (UK) A group dance performed in a circle, in which people move various of their body parts in and out of the middle, and shake them about.
HOKEY POKEY, noun. (NZ) A confection made from golden syrup, white sugar, and baking soda.
Dictionary definition
HOKEY, adjective. Effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry".
HOKEY, adjective. Artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation".
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