hoke

[hohk]

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

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

hokum.

Origin of hoke

1930–35; back formation from hokey or hokum

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Related Words for hoke

imitate, lampoon, satirize, parody, do, feign, caricature, simulate, assume, mirror, ditto, burlesque, mime, travesty, fake, affect, counterfeit, ape, hoke

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Contemporary Examples of hoke

The Crisis still clings to the conviction that a vote for Woodrow Wilson was NOT a vote for Cole Blease or Hoke Smith.
David's Book Club: The Souls of Black Folk
David Frum
May 5, 2013

Historical Examples of hoke

By and by it struck Hoke that it was time they reached the doctors dwelling.
The Boy Patrol Around the Council Fire
Edward Sylvester Ellis
Mike had been instant to read the trick of Hoke, and he helped all he could.
The Boy Patrol Around the Council Fire
Edward Sylvester Ellis
You are ready to admit, Hoke, that there are bigger fools than Zip.
The Boy Patrol Around the Council Fire
Edward Sylvester Ellis
I left no scent when I stepped into the brook, replied Hoke.
The Boy Patrol Around the Council Fire
Edward Sylvester Ellis
Presently Hoke came plodding up from the field, and smiled as he passed her.
The Mountain Girl
Payne Erskine

British Dictionary definitions for hoke

hoke

verb

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

Word Origin for hoke

C20: perhaps from hokum

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Word Origin and History for hoke

often hoke up, 1935, theatrical slang, probably shortened from hokum.