hokey
Origin of hokey
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- hok·ey·ness, hok·i·ness, noun
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How to use hokey in a sentence
I know that sounds hokey, but it’s very real to my generation that improving the lives of others matters.
When the Future of Work Means Always Looking For Your Next Job | Bruce Horovitz | April 11, 2022 | TimeThe founder’s wealth is mostly vested in his creation, but over the past year, he has also been gifted so-called “petcoins” as part of a hokey marketing stunt.
Crypto Mogul Vitalik Buterin’s $1B Donation of ‘Petcoins’ to Charity Backfires | Tarpley Hitt | May 13, 2021 | The Daily BeastI know it sounds hokey, but if you … I know maybe at times you believe that working really hard and doing well may not get you there, but I think today it should.
Getting More Bang for His Bucks: Marc Lasry Sources the Secrets of His Success | Isabelle Lee | May 5, 2021 | OzyThere’s a hokey down-home humor of Cal sputtering at his horse, and his hapless deputy.
‘Raft of Stars’ takes a cue from Hemingway, then puts a less macho spin on the adventure tale | Mark Athitakis | April 8, 2021 | Washington PostThere are all sorts of hokey things that allow people to use their PR budgets to buy virtue but aren’t really having the impact.
Bill Gates: Rich nations should shift entirely to synthetic beef | James Temple | February 15, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
More hokey than the inspired objects recalled by the curators: A frumpy teddy bear.
But could something quite sensible lie behind this hokey-sounding separation cleanse?
By now, everyone knows how to do the Republican presidential hokey pokey: You put your right foot in.
There was the lifeless and hokey Management ($934,000 box office) and Love Happens ($22 million).
Jennifer Aniston’s New Movie Sucks. What’s She Doing Wrong? | Kevin Fallon | August 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTShe jumped up and down and did the hokey pokey and shouted to the rooftops from it.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s Tearful Last ‘The View,’ and Why We’ll Miss Her | Kevin Fallon | July 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHere is the poorer Italian colony; organ-grinders, ice-cream-barrow-men, "hokey-pokey" sellers, and their like.
Highways and Byways in London | Mrs. E. T. Cook.They both laughed, feeling like mischievous children who had played a successful trick on the hokey-pokey man.
The Lion and The Mouse | Charles Kleinhokey Pokey stepped lightly forward, and dropped the round loaf down the great red throat.
The Pig Brother and Other Fables and Stories | Laura E. Richards"hokey, dokey," said Ishie and crawled out of the narrow aperture with the agility of a monkey.
Where I Wasn't Going | Walt RichmondHe had scarcely opened the door when he started back in surprise, exclaiming: "By hokey, if there isn't a basket on the steps!"
Jack's Ward | Horatio Alger, Jr.
British Dictionary definitions for hokey
/ (ˈhəʊkɪ) /
corny; sentimental
contrived; phoney
Origin of hokey
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