英语词汇“hokey”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Something that's hokey is silly and sentimental — you could also call it "sappy" or "mawkish." A hokey speech is more likely to make people roll their eyes and squirm than to make them cry.

You can buy your friend a hokey birthday card as a joke, or read her a hokey poem to make her laugh. There's a hint of insincerity when something's hokey — people can tell that the sentiments in your hokey yearbook quote aren't entirely genuine. In the mid-1800s, hokey-pokey was defined as "false, cheap material," possibly based on hocus-pocus, and usually referring to artificial flavoring in cheap ice cream. Today, the hokey-pokey is mainly known as a silly dance.

WORD FAMILY

hokey

USAGE EXAMPLES

Ms. Peelle entertains in the novel in a folksy way that might lapse more frequently into hokey in a less confident writer’s hands.

New York Times(Jan 01, 2017)

“I tell everyone, I hated it. Somebody said ‘drain the swamp’ and I said, ‘Oh, that is so hokey. That is so terrible.'”

Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016)

Win Forever and All In might seem hokey to some.

Seattle Times(Dec 04, 2016)

1adj effusively or insincerely emotional

Syn

bathetic, drippy, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy
emotional

of more than usual emotion

2adj artificially formal

Syn

artificial, contrived, stilted
affected, unnatural

speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression

单词	hokey
释义	hokey (once / 35177 pages) adj Something that's hokey is silly and sentimental — you could also call it "sappy" or "mawkish." A hokey speech is more likely to make people roll their eyes and squirm than to make them cry. You can buy your friend a hokey birthday card as a joke, or read her a hokey poem to make her laugh. There's a hint of insincerity when something's hokey — people can tell that the sentiments in your hokey yearbook quote aren't entirely genuine. In the mid-1800s, hokey-pokey was defined as "false, cheap material," possibly based on hocus-pocus, and usually referring to artificial flavoring in cheap ice cream. Today, the hokey-pokey is mainly known as a silly dance. WORD FAMILY hokey USAGE EXAMPLES Ms. Peelle entertains in the novel in a folksy way that might lapse more frequently into hokey in a less confident writer’s hands. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) “I tell everyone, I hated it. Somebody said ‘drain the swamp’ and I said, ‘Oh, that is so hokey. That is so terrible.'” Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016) Win Forever and All In might seem hokey to some. Seattle Times(Dec 04, 2016) 1adj effusively or insincerely emotional Syn bathetic, drippy, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy emotional of more than usual emotion 2adj artificially formal Syn artificial, contrived, stilted affected, unnatural speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
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