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hokeypokey

hokeypokey 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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Synonyms of hokeypokey

Forms of hokeypokey

pluralhokeypokeys

Questions about hokeypokey

What is hokeypokey the alternative form of?
Hokeypokey is the alternative form of Hokey Pokey.

Words near hokeypokey in the dictionary

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

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