hokey-pokey

[ hoh-kee-poh-kee ]

/ ˈhoʊ kiˈpoʊ ki /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR hokey-pokey ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

hocus-pocus; trickery.

Often Hokey-Pokey . a dance performed in a circle, or a song describing the simple movements of the dance.

ice cream as formerly sold by street vendors.

New Zealand. a toffee-flavored candy or ice cream popular in New Zealand.

Trademark.

Hokey-Pokey. a brand of white chocolate ice cream with honeycomb and caramel.

Origin of hokey-pokey

First recorded in 1840–50; variant of hocus-pocus

Words nearby hokey-pokey

hoka, Hokan, hoke, hokey, hokey cokey, hokey-pokey, hoki, Hokinson, Hokkaido, hokku, hokonui

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Example sentences from the Web for hokey-pokey

Hot gauffrette and hokey-pokey venders are always near at hand.
Paris Vistas|Helen Davenport Gibbons
Here is the poorer Italian colony; organ-grinders, ice-cream-barrow-men, "hokey-pokey" sellers, and their like.
Highways and Byways in London|Mrs. E. T. Cook.
They both laughed, feeling like mischievous children who had played a successful trick on the hokey-pokey man.
The Lion and The Mouse|Charles Klein
I didn't notice anything except a hokey-pokey seller, adding his mite to the infant mortality of the district.
The Clarion|Samuel Hopkins Adams

British Dictionary definitions for hokey-pokey

hokey-pokey

/ (ˌhəʊkɪˈpəʊkɪ) /

noun

another word for hocus-pocus (def. 1), hocus-pocus (def. 2)

NZ a brittle toffee sold in lumps

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单词	hokey-pokey
释义	hokey-pokey [ hoh-kee-poh-kee ] / ˈhoʊ kiˈpoʊ ki / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hokey-pokey ON THESAURUS.COM noun hocus-pocus; trickery. Often Hokey-Pokey . a dance performed in a circle, or a song describing the simple movements of the dance. ice cream as formerly sold by street vendors. New Zealand. a toffee-flavored candy or ice cream popular in New Zealand. Trademark. Hokey-Pokey. a brand of white chocolate ice cream with honeycomb and caramel. Origin of hokey-pokey First recorded in 1840–50; variant of hocus-pocus Words nearby hokey-pokey hoka, Hokan, hoke, hokey, hokey cokey, hokey-pokey, hoki, Hokinson, Hokkaido, hokku, hokonui Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hokey-pokey Hot gauffrette and hokey-pokey venders are always near at hand. Paris Vistas\|Helen Davenport Gibbons Here is the poorer Italian colony; organ-grinders, ice-cream-barrow-men, "hokey-pokey" sellers, and their like. Highways and Byways in London\|Mrs. E. T. Cook. They both laughed, feeling like mischievous children who had played a successful trick on the hokey-pokey man. The Lion and The Mouse\|Charles Klein I didn't notice anything except a hokey-pokey seller, adding his mite to the infant mortality of the district. The Clarion\|Samuel Hopkins Adams British Dictionary definitions for hokey-pokey hokey-pokey / (ˌhəʊkɪˈpəʊkɪ) / noun another word for hocus-pocus (def. 1), hocus-pocus (def. 2) NZ a brittle toffee sold in lumps Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hokey-pokey absurdity, disobedience, foolishness, hanky-panky, high jinks, horseplay, inanity, insanity, lunacy, misbehavior, mischief, monkeyshine, nonsense, poppycock, prank, silliness, stupidity, craziness, ludicrousness, tommyrot
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hokey-pokey

noun

Trademark.

Origin of hokey-pokey

Words nearby hokey-pokey

Example sentences from the Web for hokey-pokey

British Dictionary definitions for hokey-pokey

noun

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