hoke

[ hohk ]
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verb (used with object),hoked, hok·ing.

  1. to alter or manipulate so as to give a deceptively or superficially improved quality or value (usually followed byup): a political speech hoked up with phony statistics.

noun

  1. hokum.

Origin of hoke

1
1930–35; back formation from hokey or hokum

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British Dictionary definitions for hoke

hoke

/ (həʊk) /

verb

  1. (tr usually foll by up) to overplay (a part, etc)

Origin of hoke

1
C20: perhaps from hokum

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