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hoke up

hoke up verb: to elaborate; to give a better, false impression of something.

Verb

hoke up (third-person singular simple present hokes up, present participle hoking up, simple past and past participle hoked up)

  1. (colloquial) To elaborate; to give a better, false impression of something

Forms of hoke up

third-person singular presenthokes up
present participlehoking up
past participlehoked up
pasthoked up

Questions about hoke up

What does hoke up mean?
Hoke up means to elaborate; to give a better, false impression of something.
What part of speech is hoke up?
Hoke up is a verb.
What is the past tense of hoke up?
The past tense of hoke up is hoked up.

Words near hoke up in the dictionary

  1. Hokchiang
  2. Hokchiu
  3. Hokchius
  4. hoke
  5. Hoke County
  6. hoke up
  7. hoked
  8. hoked up
  9. Hokeday
  10. hokes
  11. hokes up

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