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单词 hokeypokey
释义

hokeypokey

noun

ho·​key·​po·​key ˌhō-kē-ˈpō-kē How to pronounce hokeypokey (audio)
1
: hocus-pocus sense 2
2
: ice cream sold by street vendors

Synonyms

  • applesauce [slang]
  • balderdash
  • baloney
  • boloney
  • beans
  • bilge
  • blah
  • blah-blah
  • blarney
  • blather
  • blatherskite
  • blither
  • bosh
  • bull [slang]
  • bunk
  • bunkum
  • buncombe
  • claptrap
  • codswallop [British]
  • crapola [slang]
  • crock
  • drivel
  • drool
  • fiddle
  • fiddle-faddle
  • fiddlesticks
  • flannel [British]
  • flapdoodle
  • folderol
  • falderal
  • folly
  • foolishness
  • fudge
  • garbage
  • guff
  • hogwash
  • hokum
  • hoodoo
  • hooey
  • horsefeathers [slang]
  • humbug
  • humbuggery
  • jazz
  • malarkey
  • malarky
  • moonshine
  • muck
  • nerts [slang]
  • nonsense
  • nuts
  • piffle
  • poppycock
  • punk
  • rot
  • rubbish
  • senselessness
  • silliness
  • slush
  • stupidity
  • taradiddle
  • tarradiddle
  • tommyrot
  • tosh
  • trash
  • trumpery
  • twaddle
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Example Sentences

every year the legislature has to go through the same hokeypokey before it balances the state budget

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1878, in the meaning defined at sense 1

hokeypokey

noun

as in nuts
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense every year the legislature has to go through the same hokeypokey before it balances the state budget

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • nuts
  • nonsense
  • garbage
  • blah
  • rubbish
  • stupidity
  • silliness
  • drool
  • jazz
  • craziness
  • muck
  • bunk
  • trash
  • rot
  • beans
  • foolishness
  • blatherskite
  • punk
  • insanity
  • fiddle
  • flapdoodle
  • bull
  • fudge
  • balderdash
  • blither
  • madness
  • baloney
  • bilge
  • crock
  • folderol
  • twaddle
  • fiddlesticks
  • nerts
  • hogwash
  • claptrap
  • humbuggery
  • absurdity
  • tarradiddle
  • poppycock
  • applesauce
  • bosh
  • bunkum
  • hokum
  • tosh
  • blather
  • guff
  • malarkey
  • trumpery
  • boloney
  • taradiddle
  • malarky
  • piffle
  • falderal
  • tommyrot
  • horsefeathers
  • hooey
  • blarney
  • folly
  • inaneness
  • crapola
  • hoodoo
  • humbug
  • blah-blah
  • moonshine
  • codswallop
  • fiddle-faddle
  • buncombe
  • greek
  • flannel
  • senselessness
  • drivel
  • absurdness
  • slush
  • idiocy
  • gas
  • monkeyshine(s)
  • monkey business
  • hot air
  • shenanigan(s)
  • imbecility
  • inanity
  • kookiness
  • lunacy
  • tomfoolery
  • witlessness
  • fatuity
  • foolery
  • rigmarole
  • asininity
  • rigamarole
  • hoity-toity
  • hocus-pocus
  • double-talk

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • reasonableness
  • rationality
  • horse sense
  • sensibleness
  • reasonability
  • sense
  • levelheadedness
  • judgment
  • common sense
  • judgement
  • wisdom
  • discernment
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