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 by up): a political speech hoked up with phony statistics.

noun

Origin of hoke

1
1930–35; back formation from hokey or hokum

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How to use hoke in a sentence

  • At 8.30 in the evening hoke withdrew, having been defeated at every point with the exception of the capture of this small redoubt.

    In and Out of Rebel Prisons | Lieut. A. [Alonzo] Cooper
  • This hoke refused to grant, though complimenting Gen. Wessels on the gallant manner in which he had defended his works.

    In and Out of Rebel Prisons | Lieut. A. [Alonzo] Cooper
  • hoke had won a victory after four days of hard fighting, but at what a fearful price.

    In and Out of Rebel Prisons | Lieut. A. [Alonzo] Cooper

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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