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Hokey vs Hokes - What's the difference?

hokey | hokes |

As an adjective hokey

is phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality.

As a noun hokes is

plural of hoke.

As a verb hokes is

third-person singular of hoke.

hokey

English

Alternative forms

* hokie, hoaky, hoky

Adjective

(er)
  • (US, colloquial) phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality
  • * When asked for his book report, Chad came up a series of hokier''' and '''hokier excuses, until he finally admitted that he hadn’t done it at all.
  • * I thought the bargain-priced windshield wiper blades were a little hokey when I saw their cheap packaging, but when they flew off the end of the wiper during a rainstorm, I knew for sure.
  • (US, colloquial) corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental
  • * Terry hated going to the cinema with Pat, as Pat always chose hokey romantic comedies that made Terry want to gag.
  • Synonyms

    * (fake) phony * (sentimental) cheesy, corny, kitschy

    See also

    * hokey-cokey * hokey-pokey * hokeypokey * hokey-tokey

    hokes

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (hoke)