hoke

American

[hohk] / hoʊk /

verb (used with object)

hoked, hoking

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

hokum.

hoke British

/ həʊk /

verb

to overplay (a part, etc)

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Etymology

Origin of hoke

1930–35; back formation from hokey or hokum

Example Sentences

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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.

From Washington Times

“Smoly hoke—no, holy smoke! don’t I wish I were back to New Haven, New York, any old place!”

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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