Definition of hokey Hokey
/howˈki/ - [howkee] - ho•key
We found 5 definitions of hokey from 3 different sources.
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What does hokey mean?
WordNet
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| hokey - effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry" | ||
| bathetic, drippy, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy | ||
| emotional of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional" | ||
| hokey - artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation" | ||
| artificial, contrived, stilted | ||
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Wiktionary 
- hokey (Adjective)
phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality. - hokey (Adjective)
corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental.
