HOKEY-COKEY


Meaning of HOKEY-COKEY in English

/ ˌhəʊki ˈkəʊki; NAmE ˌhoʊki ˈkoʊki/ ( BrE ) ( NAmE hokey-pokey /ˌhəʊki ˈpəʊki; NAmE ˌhoʊki ˈpoʊki/) noun

a dance in which people stand in a circle and make movements with their arms and legs while singing; the music for this dance

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WORD ORIGIN

1940s: perhaps from hocus-pocus .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.