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PRONUNCIATION OF HOKY-POKY

hoky-poky  [ˌhəʊkɪˈpəʊkɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOKY-POKY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hoky-Poky is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOKY-POKY


choky
ˈtʃəʊkɪ
coky
ˈkəʊkɪ
croaky
ˈkrəʊkɪ
folky
ˈfəʊkɪ
hokey
ˈhəʊkɪ
hokey-pokey
ˌhəʊkɪˈpəʊkɪ
jokey
ˈdʒəʊkɪ
joky
ˈdʒəʊkɪ
karaoke
ˌkɑːrəˈəʊkɪ
Loki
ˈləʊkɪ
moki
ˈməʊkɪ
okey-dokey
ˈəʊkɪˈdəʊkɪ
Okie
ˈəʊkɪ
pokey
ˈpəʊkɪ
pokie
ˈpəʊkɪ
poky
ˈpəʊkɪ
roky
ˈrəʊkɪ
roquet
ˈrəʊkɪ
smokey
ˈsməʊkɪ
smoky
ˈsməʊkɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOKY-POKY

hoka
hoke
hokey
hokey cokey
hokey-pokey
hokeyness
hoki
hokily
hokiness
Hokkaido
hokku
hokonui
hokum
Hokusai
holandric
holarchy
Holarctic
holard

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOKY-POKY

arrhenotoky
booky
cooky
deuterotoky
euroky
gooky
hooky
kooky
nooky
plooky
rooky
spooky
stenoky
the poky
thelytoky

Synonyms and antonyms of hoky-poky in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hoky-poky» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOKY-POKY

Find out the translation of hoky-poky to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hoky-poky from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hoky-poky» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

hoky ,狭小
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

- hoky cuchitril
570 millions of speakers

English

hoky-poky
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Hoky - सँकरा
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

hoky ، غير أنيق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

hoky - убогая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hoky - apertadinha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hoky-গুমোটপূর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hoky - rikiki
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hoky-poky
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hoky - poky
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

わざとらしい、狭苦しい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hoky - 비좁은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hoky-poky
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hoky - nhỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hoky-தாழ்ந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हॉकी-पोकी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

el çabukluğu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hoky - poky
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Hoky - ciasne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

hoky - убога
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hoky - poky
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hoky - poky
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoky - peuterig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hoky - poky
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hoky - poky
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hoky-poky

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOKY-POKY»

The term «hoky-poky» is used very little and occupies the 181.343 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOKY-POKY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hoky-poky» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hoky-poky» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hoky-poky

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOKY-POKY»

Discover the use of hoky-poky in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hoky-poky and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Our Antipodes; or, Residence and rambles in the Australasian ...
For instance :— ' E1113 Inhmturz made the of in the year of our Lord 184 between Hoky Poky Bloody Jack and other chiefs on the part of the Wai-wot-a— row tribe and Cimon Sharkey of Bloomsbury on the other part—8w. . . . And whereas the ...
Godfrey Charles MUNDY, 1857
2
Our Boys and Girls
If he call6 again he may find us in. — The rebus was accepted. — Most of Previser's and Ardent Admirer's head work has been made use of in our columns. — Urban Linkboy's suggestion shall receive due consideration. — Hoky Poky, don't try ...
Oliver Optic, 1868
3
Moby Dick Or, The Whale ( Illustrations by Rockwell Kent):
Oh! jolly is the gale, And a joker is the whale, A' flourishin' his tail,— Such afunny, sporty, gamy, jesty, joky, hoky poky lad,is the Ocean, oh! The scud alla flyin', That's his flip only foamin'; When he stirs in the spicin',— Such a funny,sporty, gamy ...
Herman Melville, Hyperion Classics, 2014
4
Moby Dick, Or The Whale: Volume 6, Scholarly Edition
Oh! jolly is the gale, And a joker is the whale, A' flourishin' his tail, — Such a funny , sporty, gamy, jesty, joky, hoky-poky lad, is the Ocean, oh! The scud all a flyin', That's his flip only foamin'; When he stirs in the spicin', — Such a funny, sporty, ...
Herman Melville, Harrison Hayford, G. Thomas Tanselle, 1988
5
Puppets at Large: Scenes and Subjects from Mr Punch's Show
Oh, I wanted to ask you, my girls have got an invitation to a hoky-poky party the Vavasours are giving after the moke-ridin' next Thursday, and I'm told it's quite wrong to eat hoky-poky with a spoon—do you know how that is?... The only correct ...
F. Anstey, 2012
6
Moby Dick:
Oh! jolly is the gale, And a joker is the whale, A' flourishin' his tail,-- Such a funny, sporty, gamy, jesty, joky, hoky-poky lad, is the Ocean, oh! The scud all a flyin', That's his flip only foamin'; When he stirs in the spicin',-- Such a funny, sporty, ...
Herman Melville, 2013
7
Boys Don't Cry
Oh !Jolly is thegale, And ajoker is the whale, A'flourishin' his tail,— Such a funny, sporty, gamy, jesty, joky, hoky—poky lad, is the Ocean, oh ! The scud all aflyin', That's hisflip onlyfoamin' When he stirs in the spicin'-Such a funny, sporty, gamy,  ...
Joseph De Prest, 2012
8
Moby Dick, the Whale: Easyread Comfort Edition
But never mind; it's all in fun: so the old song says;” – (sings.) Oh! jolly is the gale, And a joker is the whale, A' flourishin' his tail, Such a funny, sporty, gamy, jesty, joky, hoky-poky lad, is the Ocean, oh! The scud all a flyin', That's his flip only ...
Herman Melville, 2006
9
Herman Melville's Moby Dick: A Midwest Journal Writers' Club ...
A' flourishin' his tail,— Such a funny, sporty, gamy, jesty, joky, hoky-poky lad, is the Ocean, oh! The scud all a flyin', That's his flip only foamin'; When he stirs in the spicin',— Such a funny, sporty, gamy, jesty, joky, hoky-poky lad, is the Ocean,  ...
Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Midwest Journal Writers' Club
10
Moby Dick:
“Oh! jolly is the gale, And a jokeris the whale, A' flourishin' his tail,— Such a funny , sporty, gamy, jesty, joky, hoky—poky lad, is the Ocean, oh! The scudallaflyin', That's his flip only foamin'; When he stirsinthe spicin'— Such a funny,sporty, gamy  ...
Herman A. Melville, Philip Dossick, 2013

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOKY-POKY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hoky-poky is used in the context of the following news items.
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Movies Tarantino Would Love
(BTW, it may have been their last hoky-poky howler, since Woolsey died the year after this ad ran in 1937.) I saved it so I could look up the ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jan 13»

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