HOKE

Meaning of HOKE in English

[ həʊk ]

■ verb (usu. ~ something up ) N. Amer. informal make excessively sentimental or contrived.

Origin

1930s: back-form. from hokum .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

HOKE — transitive verb (~d; hoking) Etymology: hokum Date: 1925 to give a contrived, falsely impressive, or ~y quality to
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOKE — I. ˈhōk noun ( -s ) Etymology: by shortening : hokum II. transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) slang : to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOKE — /hohk/ , v. , hoked, hoking , n. v.t. 1. to alter or manipulate so as to give a deceptively …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOKE — v. act in an excessively emotional or sentimental manner
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HOKE — transitive verb ( hoked ; hok·ing ) Etymology: hokum Date: 1925 : to give a contrived, falsely impressive, or hokey …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOKE — [hoke] vt hoked ; hok.ing [hokum] (1925): to give an impressive but false value or quality to: fake--usu. used with …
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HOKE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOKE — Classification: County Located in: North Carolina (NC) Total Population (2000): 33646 Total Housing Units (2000): 12518 Land Area (square meters): …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
HOKE — v. Pronunciation: ' h ō k Function: transitive verb Inflected Form: hoked ; hok · ing Etymology: hokum Date: 1925 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SMITH, HOKE — born Sept. 2, 1855, Newton, N.C., U.S. died Nov. 27, 1931, Atlanta, Ga. U.S. politician. He was publisher of the …
Английский словарь Британика
HOKE SOMETHING UP — N. Amer. informal make excessively sentimental or contrived. → hoke
Concise Oxford English vocab
SMITH, HOKE — born Sept. 2, 1855, Newton, N.C., U.S. died Nov. 27, 1931, Atlanta, Ga. legislator, U.S. secretary of the interior (189396), …
Britannica English vocabulary
SMITH, HOKE — born Sept. 2, 1855, Newton, N.C., U.S. died Nov. 27, 1931, Atlanta, Ga. U.S. politician. He was publisher of the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HOKE UP — Synonyms and related words : act like, affect, assume, borrow, chorus, concoct, cook up, copy, counterfeit, crib, ditto, do, do …
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HOKE UP — hoke up phrvt AmE infml They usually hoke up the play to give the Crowd what it wants Они специально …
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HOCK TUESDAY — noun Usage: usually capitalized H&T Etymology: Middle English hoke Tuesday, from hoc-, hocke-, hoke- (in hockedai, hakeday Hockday) + Tuesday …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SIMULATE — Synonyms and related words : act, act a part, act like, adopt, affect, ape, appear like, approach, appropriate, approximate, assume, …
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REPEAT — Synonyms and related words : act like, affect, alternate, assume, be here again, bis, bob, borrow, burden, chant, chime, chorus, …
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REFLECT — Synonyms and related words : act like, adumbrate, affect, allude to, arch, assume, attract, be abstracted, bend, bend back, blurt, …
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PLAGIARIZE — Synonyms and related words : act like, adopt, affect, appropriate, assume, borrow, chorus, come again, copy, counterfeit, crib, derive from, …
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MIRROR — Synonyms and related words : acme, act like, adumbrate, affect, antetype, antitype, ape, apotheosis, appear like, approach, approximate, archetype, assume, …
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IMITATE — Synonyms and related words : act like, adopt, affect, ape, appear like, approach, appropriate, approximate, assume, be like, be redolent …
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FORGE
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FAKE
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ECHO — Synonyms and related words : CRT spot, DM display, Doppler signal, IF signal, IM display, RF echoes, accord, acknowledge, acknowledgment, …
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DO — Synonyms and related words : I beg you, Mardi Gras, Saturnalia, accompany, accomplish, achieve, acquit, act, act a part, act …
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DITTO — Synonyms and related words : Doppelganger, Photostat, Xerox, accord, act like, actual thing, affect, afresh, again, agree, agree in opinion, …
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CRIB
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COUNTERFEIT
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COPY — Synonyms and related words : Doppelganger, Photostat, Xerox, abstract, abstraction, act, act a part, act as, act like, act out, …
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CHORUS — Synonyms and related words : Liederkranz, Liedertafel, PS, Parthian shot, Spenserian stanza, a cappella, acclamation, accord, accordance, act like, acting …
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BORROW — Synonyms and related words : abstract, act like, adopt, affect, and, annex, appropriate, assume, bag, boost, bum, cadge, chorus, cop, …
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