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hokeypokey en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of Hokey Pokey.
    • So he choreographs each event depending on the crowd, starting with something to learn the drill, like “Marching Through Georgia,” working in something to loosen people up like the hokeypokey, and probably a contra dance (long lines, not squares) like the Virginia reel. 2008 June 19, Peter Applebome, “At 91, He Isn’t Ready for the Last Dance Just Yet”, in New York Times:
  2. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of hokey pokey (“New Zealand: honeycomb toffee; ice cream”).

Forms

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hokeypokeys Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

hokey

Synonyms

hokey tokey · hokey cokey