Hokey vs Soup - What's the difference?
hokey | soup |
(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.
Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute flavor and texture.
* c. 1430' (reprinted '''1888 ), Thomas Austin, ed., ''Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London:
# (countable) A serving of such a dish, typically in a bowl.
# (uncountable) The liquid part of such a dish; the broth.
(figuratively) Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.
# (slang) Thick fog or cloud (also (pea soup)).
# (US, slang) Nitroglycerin or gelignite, especially when used for safe-cracking.
# (cant) Dope (illicit drug, used for making horses run faster or to change their personality).
# (photography) Processing chemicals into which film is dipped, such as developer.
# (biology) Liquid or gelatinous substrate, especially the mixture of organic compounds that is believe to have played a role in the origin of life on Earth.
# An unfortunate situation; trouble, problems (a fix, a mess); chaos.
#* {{quote-book
, year=1960
, author=
, title=(Jeeves in the Offing)
, section=chapter I and X
, passage=B. Wickham had also the disposition and general outlook on life of a ticking bomb. In her society you always had the uneasy feeling that something was likely to go off at any moment with a pop. You never knew what she was going to do next or into what murky depths of soup' she would carelessly plunge you. [...] “It may be fun for her,” I said with one of my bitter laughs, “but it isn't so diverting for the unfortunate toads beneath the harrow whom she plunges so ruthlessly ' in the soup .”}}
# (surfing) The foamy portion of a wave.
(uncommon) To feed: to provide with soup or a meal.
* 1904 October, East is East and West is West'', in ''The Vassar Miscellany , volume 34, number 1, page 236:
* (rfdate), Diza Sauers, Historama , page 152:
* 2008 , C Mark Chapoton, A Tale of Two Iditarods , page 34:
To be in trouble or in difficulty (often passive--cf. (in the soup)).
* {{quote-book
, year=1922
, author=(James Joyce)
, title=(Ulyssis)
, section=II
, passage=Luck I had the presenee [sic] of mind to dive into Manning's or I was souped .}}
(photography) To develop (film) in a (chemical) developing solution.
* 1970 December, in The Rotarian , volume 117, number 6, page 31:
* 1991 , Ruth Jean Dale, Society Page :
* 1998 , Edward Gorman, Cold Blue Midnight :
* 2005 , Jock Lauterer, Community Journalism: A Personal Approach , page 242:
(obsolete) To sup or swallow.
(obsolete) To breathe out.
As an adjective hokey
is (us|colloquial) phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality.As a verb soup is
or soup can be (uncommon) to feed: to provide with soup or a meal.As a noun soup is
or soup can be any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute flavor and texture.hokey
English
Alternative forms
* hokie, hoaky, hokyAdjective
(er)Synonyms
* (fake) phony * (sentimental) cheesy, corny, kitschySee also
* hokey-cokey * hokey-pokey * hokeypokey * hokey-tokeysoup
English
(wikipedia soup)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Etymology 2
(1645) (etyl) soupe, from (etyl) souppe, sope, from . See also sop.Noun
- Pho is a traditional Vietnamese soup .
374760, page 11:
- Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke
- primordial soup
Derived terms
* alphabet soup * beef soup * beer soup * bird's nest soup * bread soup * canned soup * chicken soup * condensed soup * cream soup * dessert soup * duck soup * egg droup soup * fish soup * French onion soup * fruit soup * in the soup * leek soup * lentil soup * miso soup * mock turtle soup * noodle soup * oxtail soup * pea soup * primordial soup * she-crab soup * soup bowl * soup du jour * souped-up * souper * souping * soup dumpling * soup fire * soup kitchen * soup legs * soup of the day * soup plate * soup's on * soup sandwich * soup to nuts * soup up * soupy * stone soup * tomato soup * vegetable soup * wine soup * winter melon soup * word soupHyponyms
* bisque * bouillon * broth * chowder * * cream soup * gazpacho * gruel * porridge * * summer soup *Verb
(en verb)- "I was so mad, I let him wait half an hour to-night before I souped him."
- She cooked huge stock pots and souped her dogs once a day.
- I souped the dogs, and went in for a bite. I ended up going back out and making my pups a full meal, then went back in and pigged out myself.
- That girl Vivienne, by the way, once worked as a secretary in the workshop of The Rotarian, began "souping " her own snapshots at home, went from there to top rank as a New York color photographer specializing in small children
- "Then perhaps it won't surprise you to learn Annie's taking over the Sunday social column," Roz said. "You photo-guys'll be souping her film."
- And her camera position had been completely out of his sight. Satisfied that she'd gotten everything she'd needed - much more, in fact - she went back inside and got to work. Jill had souped her first photographs while she'd been on
- By 6 pm Beau and I are back at the paper, souping the film, when Woody rushes into the room.
- (Wyclif)
- (Camden)
