hokey

== English == === Alternative forms === hokie, hoaky, hoky === Etymology === From the verb hoke (“to give an artificial feel to”), from hokum. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhəʊki/ Rhymes: -əʊki (US) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊki/ === Adjective === hokey (comparative hokier, superlative hokiest) (US, colloquial) Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality. (US, colloquial) Corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental. Synonyms: cheesy, kitschy ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== hokiness hoke hokum ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Hokey Cokey hokeypokey hokey-tokey === Further reading === “hokey”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.