hokey
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Definition of hokey
1 : corny entry 1 sense 3 the usual hokey melodrama
2 : obviously contrived : phony the plots are tricky but not hokey— Cleveland Amory
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But the execution is hokey, with even Lee Sizemore rolling his eyes at the hosts' fascination with their mirrored selves. — Sandra Upson, WIRED, "Westworld Recap, Season 2 Episode 5: More Dead Than Alive," 21 May 2018 An exclusive video peek at Lando's 'Solo' capes and cool new 'Star Wars' aliens Solo finds the title hero in his hardscrabble youth on the planet Corellia, a place where hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster. — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, "Review: 'Solo' gambles (and wins) by not being just another 'Star Wars' movie," 15 May 2018 Quinones is ill at ease doing the romantic scenes and reading the hokey dialogue, but the street kids around him play themselves naturally. — Patrick Friel, Chicago Reader, "Film / Music / Old Movies to Watch Now / On Video / Small Screen Urgh! A Music War and other punk and postpunk new wave cinema," 10 July 2018 The cynic in me found the vision hokey; the dreamer in me would have liked to disappear with them. — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, "The Sonic Fury of the Ojai Music Festival," 24 June 2018 Not in the sense of a hokey rural wisdom, but rather in the sense of a careful craftsmanship or artisanship, with the values of work and revision that Hall maintained were essential for poets. — Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, "Remembering Donald Hall, a Poet of Love and Loss," 27 June 2018 If several of the tricks feel original, nearly all of them feel hokey. — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, "Sleights of Hand With Cards, Coins and a Colander," 26 June 2018 The hokey title and concept initially turned me off, but the trailer plants the seeds of something interesting, especially with Brandon Micheal Hall (star of last season's tragically-canceled The Mayor) at the helm. — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, "Fall TV trailers: Snap judgments on the new network shows, from 'Magnum P.I.' to 'Charmed'," 18 May 2018 It’s moderately funny, with hokey dialogue and a fairly predictable plot. — Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com, "Why Melissa McCarthy's 'Life of the Party' could spark a quiet revolution," 24 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hokey.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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hokey
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of hokey
: obviously fake
: very silly, old-fashioned, or sentimental
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