Pokey vs Hokey - What's the difference?
pokey | hokey |
of small volume, cramped
* 1913 ,
(slang) slow
(slang, of a car) fast
(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.
As adjectives the difference between pokey and hokey
is that pokey is of a room, house of small volume, cramped while hokey is phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality.As a noun pokey
is prison.pokey
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Alternative forms
* pokyAdjective
(head)- He loved the little pokey kitchen, where men’s boots tramped, and the dog slept with one eye open for fear of being trodden on; where the lamp hung over the table at night, and everything was so silent.