different between jokey vs hokey
jokey
English
Adjective
jokey (comparative more jokey, superlative most jokey)
- Alternative spelling of joky
Turkish
Etymology
From English jockey.
Noun
jokey (definite accusative jokeyi, plural jokeyler)
- jockey (one who rides racehorses competitively)
Declension
jokey From the web:
- what jockey rode secretariat
- what jockey rode seabiscuit
- what jockey has the most wins
- what jockey was in the movie seabiscuit
- what jockey died today
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- what jockey wheel to buy
- what jockeys use to eat on crossword
hokey
English
Alternative forms
- hokie, hoaky, hoky
Etymology
From the verb hoke (“to give an artificial feel to”), from hokum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h??ki/
- (US) IPA: /?ho?ki/
- Rhymes: -??ki
Adjective
hokey (comparative hokier, superlative hokiest)
- (US, colloquial) phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality
- (US, colloquial) corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental
- Synonyms: cheesy, kitschy
Related terms
- hokiness
- hoke
- hokum
Translations
See also
- Hokey Cokey
- hokeypokey
- hokey-tokey
Further reading
- “hokey”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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