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hokey-pokey

hokey-pokey is the alternative form of Hokey Pokey.

Meaning of Hokey Pokey

Noun

Hokey Pokey

  1. (Australia, Canada, US, preceded by definite article) A group dance performed in a circle, in which people move a variety of their body parts in and out of the middle, and shake them about.
    • 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.2008 June 19, Peter Applebome, “At 91, He Isn’t Ready for the Last Dance Just Yet”, in New York Times

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Forms of hokey-pokey

pluralhokey-pokeys

Questions about hokey-pokey

What is hokey-pokey the alternative form of?
Hokey-pokey is the alternative form of Hokey Pokey.

Words near hokey-pokey in the dictionary

  1. hokey cokey
  2. hokey cokeys
  3. hokey pokey
  4. hokey pokeys
  5. hokey tokey
  6. hokey-pokey
  7. hokey-pokeys
  8. hokeyness
  9. hokeypokey
  10. hokeypokeys
  11. Hokhma

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