okey-dokey
okey-dokey interjection: an exclamation of accordance; okay, OK.
Interjection
- An exclamation of accordance; okay, OK.
- “Ensign, the bridge is yours. Be gentle but attentive. Get her where she needs to be. Guide her home.” “Okeydokey. (chuckles) Uh, maintain course.” (all screaming) (alarm blaring)2020 August 13, Chris Kula, “Envoys” (11:35 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Samanthan Rutherford (Eugene Cordero)
- “Okey dokey. I just got off the phone with Gizmo and gave him our locaysh.”2024 December 2, Shana Gohd & Paul Simms, “Come Out and Play” (15:33 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 6, episode 9, spoken by Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch)
Adjective
okey-dokey (comparative more okey-dokey, superlative most okey-dokey)
- Okay, OK.
- “Hi, Maria. How are you?” “Okey-dokey and Clarissa’s okey-dokey too!”1985, Cathie Linz, chapter 11, in Tender Guardian, Large Print edition, Thorndike, Me.: G.K. Hall & Co., published 1996, →ISBN, page 212
- Feeling okey-dokey, Audrey? Why don’t you hop in?1990, Ronald Frame, “Un Homme et une Femme”, in Bluette, Sevenoaks, Kent: Sceptre, published 1991, →ISBN, part I (Aquae-Regis), page 76
Forms of okey-dokey
| comparative | more okey-dokey |
|---|---|
| superlative | most okey-dokey |
Origin of okey-dokey
Reduplication and modification of okay. First attested in the 1930s.
Words formed from okey-dokey
- okey-dokey artichokey
- 'keydokey
Phrases with okey-dokey
Questions about okey-dokey
- What does okey-dokey mean?
- Okey-dokey means an exclamation of accordance; okay, OK.
- What part of speech is okey-dokey?
- Okey-dokey can be an interjection or an adjective.
Words near okey-dokey in the dictionary
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