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Hokey

Hokey meaning

Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality. | Corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental.

Example sentences (20)

It just feels like a waste to waste it on a hokey cult.

The film's period setting lends the film's hokey horror a throwback aura, like something you'd see sandwiched between Actually Good Universal and Hammer horror films in an all-night marathon.

The kids performed classics like 'Ye Cannae Shove Yer Granny Aff A Bus' and 'The Jeely Piece Song', as well as 'The Shoogly Woogly' - a Scots spin on the Hokey Cokey.

The powerhouse returned from a ruptured Achilles, however his gimmick is about as hokey as they arrive.

There is this hokey expression that “acting is reacting,” and the dynamic between these two characters is a really good example of that.

Even her medal references — gold, silver and bronze metallic jersey and Lurex gowns swathed and tacked around the body, like the memory of a sash — which could easily have come across as hokey instead had a seductive ease.

He recalled how his youngest daughter Sadie, who thought the crash she, too, was involved in “was like a rollercoaster ride”, struggled during a Father’s Day event at her daycare, during a Hokey Pokey dance activity with the parents and kids.

His warm presence and resonant voice add levels to Peter that certainly aren’t evident in the hokey writing.

Much of it was Joe Biden Classic, all the familiar themes, hokey stories, family sayings, unabashed patriotism and sometimes debatable claims.

Turning the time trael device into a sports car made more alive and not just another hokey sci-fi time travel movie.

Well, blow my mind —- the hokey commercials are true!

With the Broncos new owners taking the first stab at uniform redesign in nearly 30-years, there is a legitimate fear that we could end up with some hokey outsider representation of what folks think the Broncos should look like.

It is here that Fukunaga demonstrates his versatility, handling potentially hokey material smartly and respectfully.

Jabir takes the hokey turn-of-phrase with a pinch of salt, but the effect is undeniable.

Maybe this seems a little aspirational to you right now…maybe even hokey, but I believe it as well.

Others compared it to rhymes such as "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" and "Hokey Cokey", suggesting the slogan was childish.

Then you do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around.

You do the Hokey Pokey, turn yourself around, and then you smash the pool table you just built to bits with a sledgehammer.

It’s the NHV hokey-pokey.

You have to be both strong and ignorant to accept 120-degree temperatures and hokey Southwestern vibes.