hokey-pokey

[hoh-kee-poh-kee] / ˈhoʊ kiˈpoʊ ki /

NOUN

hanky-panky

Synonyms

WEAK

amour chicane chicanery dalliance deception devilry dirty pool double-dealing fling flirtation fooling around fourberie fraud funny business hankie-pankie knavery liaison love affair machinations mischief monkey business romance sexual activity sharp practice shenanigans skullduggery subterfuge trickery

Antonyms

WEAK

faithfulness honesty

NOUN

monkey business

Synonyms

WEAK

absurdity absurdness antics buffoonery carrying-on clowning around craziness disobedience foolery foolishness hanky-panky high jinks horse feathers horseplay inanity insanity irresponsibility ludicrousness lunacy misbehavior mischief mischief-making monkeyshine nonsense poppycock prank silliness stupidity tommyrot

Example Sentences

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After a couple rounds of the hokey-pokey in their dance space, I knew I just had the best date ever.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2021

In the United Kingdom—where its long, strange history begins—the hokey-pokey is known as the hokey-kokey.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 19, 2018

And you better do it fast, because that's not the hokey-pokey.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the answers to these and many other related questions, tune in to Lucy Crown, a bit of fictional hokey-pokey in 21 chapters by Irwin Shaw.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Now I want you to put your left foot forward, then pull it back. Put your right foot forward, pull it back. Don’t go anywhere, just do a little hokey-pokey for me.”

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

hokey-pokey

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