Definition of hokey
hokier
;hokiest
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Examples of hokey in a Sentence
She gave us some hokey excuse for being late.
their father's sense of humor was hokey beyond belief and most people's endurance
Recent Examples of hokey from the Web
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Songs about America can often be hokey and over the top.
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When HarperTeen reissued the books in 2012 in two new omnibus editions (and commissioned three more, penned by a ghostwriter), the delightfully hokey nineties covers were replaced by ones that blandly evoke the films made from Meyers' book.
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This slogan, however, as experienced by bankers on the ground such as Hambek, was more hard-core than hokey.
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Ruth conks out, but, as Judy Garland sings, Bernie experiences a hokey series of hallucinations.
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No, the bands don’t play any hokey concessions theme songs or act out the trailers for coming attractions.
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Hawley finds contemporary ways to explore ancient, potentially hokey ideas, particularly the notion that sanity and madness are not that far apart.
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Sounds hokey, doesn’t it, like 3-D glasses or one of those gimmicks that the moviemaker William Castle touted in the 1950s, using names like Percepto and Illusion-O. The earphones you’ve been issued don’t even look particularly sophisticated.
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Like some hokey primetime plot, Barry Diller's quest for media moguldom needed a third act.
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First Known Use of hokey
1927
HOKEY Defined for English Language Learners
hokey
playDefinition of hokey for English Language Learners
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: obviously fake
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: very silly, old-fashioned, or sentimental
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