hokier; hokiest
1
: corny entry 1 sense 1
the usual hokey melodrama
2
: obviously contrived : phony
The plots are tricky but not hokey.—
Cleveland Amory
Cleveland AmorySynonyms of hokey
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
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After an awesomely hokey prologue that deprives Det.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
However, sometimes managers plan for hokey-cokey transfers or immediately reverse a decision due to regret.
—Holly Shand, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
So, what was the key to it not being hokey?
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2025
These days, Christmas movies, broadly and charitably defined, seem to be synonymous with the brassy, hokey, sickly sweet sort of fare that has a permanent home on the Hallmark Channel and is in perpetual rotation on Netflix.
—Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
However, sometimes managers plan for hokey-cokey transfers or immediately reverse a decision due to regret.
—Holly Shand, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
So, what was the key to it not being hokey?
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2025
These days, Christmas movies, broadly and charitably defined, seem to be synonymous with the brassy, hokey, sickly sweet sort of fare that has a permanent home on the Hallmark Channel and is in perpetual rotation on Netflix.
—Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Hokey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hokey. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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