hokey
adj/ˈhəʊki/UK/ˈhoʊki/US
Etymology
From the verb hoke (“to give an artificial feel to”), from hokum.
Definitions
Phony, as if a hoax
Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality.
- When asked for his book report, Chad came up with a series of hokier and hokier excuses.
- I thought the windshield wiper blades were a little hokey when I saw their cheap packaging.
Corny
Corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental.
- Terry hated going to the cinema with Pat; she always chose hokey romantic comedies that made him want to gag.
- After the chant, we bowed our heads and closed our eyes, as Bob administered the recitation, part prayer and part affirmation—an ever-changing hokey thing that he improvised on the spot.
The neighborhood
- neighborhokiness
- neighborhoke
- neighborhokum
- neighborHokey Cokey
- neighborhokeypokey
- neighborhokey-tokey
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for hokey. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA