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hokey

adjective

hok·​ey ˈhō-kē How to pronounce hokey (audio)
hokier; hokiest
1
: corny entry 1 sense 1
the usual hokey melodrama
2
: obviously contrived : phony
the plots are tricky but not hokey Cleveland Amory
hokeyness noun
or hokiness
hokily adverb

Example Sentences

She gave us some hokey excuse for being late. their father's sense of humor was hokey beyond belief and most people's endurance
Recent Examples on the Web Just click play on the incredibly hokey music video above and remember — good friends stick together through thick and thin. Christie D’zurillastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022 Many of us have been taught that soft skills like kindness, compassion and empathy are hokey, cheesy or irrelevant. Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022 This moment, however, is dedicated to the epic’s sometimes hokey philosophy. Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2022 Smith was aided with the book by self-help author Mark Manson, which may be why this otherwise exhilarating audiobook is burdened at times with passages of hokey advice on self-empowerment. Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2021 The first Evil Dead is kind of a melodrama, a lot of laughs come out of the excessive effects and hokey dialogue, and bad acting. Clark Collis, EW.com, 12 July 2021 As a Valentine to them or something, HBO Max released the trailer on February 14, and this directorial cut of the film definitely appears to scrub all quippy, hokey signs of uncredited reshoot director Joss Whedon out of the picture. Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2021 The popular Canadian television show might sound like a hokey reality show for the political set. Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 May 2021 As a Valentine to them or something, HBO Max released the trailer on February 14, and this directorial cut of the film definitely appears to scrub all quippy, hokey signs of uncredited reshoot director Joss Whedon out of the picture. Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of hokey was in 1927

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