hokeypokey

See also: hokey-pokey and hokey pokey

English

Noun

hokeypokey (countable and uncountable, plural hokeypokeys)

1. Alternative form of Hokey Pokey
   • 2008 June 19, Peter Applebome, “At 91, He Isn’t Ready for the Last Dance Just Yet”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     So he choreographs each event depending on the crowd, starting with something to learn the drill, like “Marching Through Georgia,” working in something to loosen people up like the hokeypokey, and probably a contra dance (long lines, not squares) like the Virginia reel.

2. Alternative form of hokey pokey (“New Zealand: honeycomb toffee; ice cream”)

Synonyms

• hokey cokey (UK)
• hokey tokey

See also

• hokey