hoke

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hoʊk/ Rhymes: -əʊk === Etymology 1 === From Middle English hoke, from Old English hōc. ==== Noun ==== hoke (plural hokes) (obsolete) Alternative form of hook. ===== Related terms ===== hoked (adjective) === Etymology 2 === From hokum. ==== Verb ==== hoke (third-person singular simple present hokes, present participle hoking, simple past and past participle hoked) (slang) To ascribe a false or artificial quality to; to pretend falsely to have some quality or to be doing something, etc. ===== Derived terms ===== hoke up hokey ==== Noun ==== hoke (plural hokes) Something contrived or artificial. === Etymology 3 === From the root of holk (“hollow cavity”). Compare Scots howk. ==== Verb ==== hoke (third-person singular simple present hokes, present participle hoking, simple past and past participle hoked) (Ireland) To scrounge, to grub. === Anagrams === okeh == Middle English == === Noun === hoke (Late Middle English) alternative form of ok (“oak”) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === hoke f (definite singular hoka, indefinite plural hoker or hokor, definite plural hokene or hokone) (pre-1938) alternative form of hake