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hoking up

hoking up is the present participle and gerund of hoke up.

Meaning of hoke up

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

Questions about hoking up

What is hoking up the present participle and gerund of?
Hoking up is the present participle and gerund of hoke up.

Words near hoking up in the dictionary

  1. Hokies
  2. hokiest
  3. hokily
  4. hokiness
  5. hoking
  6. hoking up
  7. Hokitika
  8. Hokkaido
  9. Hokkaido wolf
  10. Hokkaido wolves
  11. Hokkaidos

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