HOKEY


Meaning of HOKEY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhō-kē ]

adjective

( hok·i·er ; -est )

Date: 1927

1. : corny I,3

the usual hokey melodrama

2. : obviously contrived : phony

the plots are tricky but not hokey — Cleveland Amory

• hok·ey·ness or hok·i·ness ˈhō-kē-nəs noun

• hok·i·ly ˈhō-kə-lē adverb

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