hoke

[hohk]

verb (used with object)

hoked, hoking 

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.

hoke

/ həʊk /

verb

1. to overplay (a part, etc)

Word History and Origins

Origin of hoke¹

1930–35; back formation from hokey or hokum

Word History and Origins

Origin of hoke¹

C20: perhaps from _hokum

Example Sentences

CBS‘ “Me Myself and I” borrows a structural element from last season’s breakout hit, “This Is Us” - the multi-time-frame format - and then hokes it up.

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"For a new hoke to hang Judas, six pence."

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Related Words

• imitate 
• lampoon 
• parody 
• satirize