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Definition of hokey-pokey in English: hokey-pokeynoun həʊkɪˈpəʊkiˈhoʊkiˈpoʊki 1trademark mass noun Ice cream of a kind formerly sold on the street, especially by Italian street vendors. 〈旧〉（尤指意大利街头小贩叫卖的）冰淇淋 she got me a double cone of hokey-pokey Example sentencesExamples - Interestingly, in late - 19 th-century Britain, hokey-pokey men were Italian street vendors selling ice-cream wrapped in waxed paper.
- They sell hokey-pokey, either plain or covered in chocolate.
- 1.1trademark in UK A kind of brittle toffee or honeycomb.
for those with a sweet tooth, what about hokey-pokey? Example sentencesExamples - Hokey pokey ice cream is one of the most popular treats in New Zealand, evoking memories of childhood trips to the beach.
- My friend made hokey pokey ice cream for a lunch party.
- In some areas this would solidify and subsequently be mined as pig treacle, or hokey-pokey, great sticky seams in the rock, but your real prospector would surely comb the wilderness for signs of the true liquid gold.
2US informal Deception; trickery. Example sentencesExamples - There was something kind of psychic about him, almost supernatural, and it was no surprise when I found out he was into that hokey-pokey and read a lot about magic and mysticism.
3the hokey-pokeyUS A group dance performed in a circle with a synchronized shaking of the limbs in turn, accompanied by a simple song. British term hokey-cokey Example sentencesExamples - We learn the hokey pokey when we're kids and as we become adults, we learn the latest crazes.
- And then Zeek looked at me with his lovely lagoon eyes, and just as I was about to accept, I remembered that the only dance I could dance was the hokey-pokey.
- I'm the typical American white guy, so watching me dance is like seeing the Pillsbury Doughboy doing the hokey-pokey.
- Try dancing with your children. Do the Hokey Pokey, the bunny hop and such.
- It's the only hospital with a built-in bar, but surely having some kind of entertainment that doesn't involve game shows and the weekly hokey-pokey is a good idea whose time has come.
OriginLate 19th century (in sense ‘deception, trickery’): perhaps from hocus-pocus. Definition of hokey-pokey in US English: hokey-pokeynounˈhoʊkiˈpoʊkiˈhōkēˈpōkē 1the hokey-pokeyUS A group dance performed in a circle with a synchronized shaking of the limbs in turn, accompanied by a simple song. British term hokey-cokey Example sentencesExamples - Try dancing with your children. Do the Hokey Pokey, the bunny hop and such.
- I'm the typical American white guy, so watching me dance is like seeing the Pillsbury Doughboy doing the hokey-pokey.
- And then Zeek looked at me with his lovely lagoon eyes, and just as I was about to accept, I remembered that the only dance I could dance was the hokey-pokey.
- We learn the hokey pokey when we're kids and as we become adults, we learn the latest crazes.
- It's the only hospital with a built-in bar, but surely having some kind of entertainment that doesn't involve game shows and the weekly hokey-pokey is a good idea whose time has come.
2US informal Deception; trickery. Example sentencesExamples - There was something kind of psychic about him, almost supernatural, and it was no surprise when I found out he was into that hokey-pokey and read a lot about magic and mysticism.
3trademark Ice cream of a kind formerly sold on the street, especially by Italian street vendors. 〈旧〉（尤指意大利街头小贩叫卖的）冰淇淋 she got me a double cone of hokey-pokey
OriginLate 19th century (in sense ‘deception, trickery’): perhaps from hocus-pocus. |