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What (who) is hokey-pokey - definition
FOLK DANCE
Hokey-cokey; Okey-cokey; Hokey-Pokey; Hokey-pokey; The Hokey Cokey; Hoky poky; Hoky pokey; Hokey poky; Cokey cokey; The Hokie Pokie; The Hokey Pokey; Hokie Pokie; Hokey Cokey; Hokey cokey; Hokey pokey; Hokey tokey; The Hokey-Cokey; Cokey Cokey; Hinkumbooby
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hokey-pokey
¦ noun informal
1. dated ice cream sold by Italian street vendors.
2. US term for hokey-cokey.
Origin
C19: of unknown origin.
Hokey Cokey
The Hokey Pokey (Worldwide) also known as Hokey Cokey (United Kingdom, and the Caribbean) is a campfire song and participation dance with a distinctive accompanying tune and lyric structure. It is well known in English-speaking countries.
hokey-cokey
¦ noun a communal song and dance performed in a circle with synchronized shaking of the limbs in turn.
Origin
1940s: perh. from hocus-pocus.
Wikipedia
Hokey Pokey
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The Hokey Pokey, also known as Hokey Cokey in the United Kingdom and the Caribbean, is a campfire song and participation dance with a distinctive accompanying tune and lyric structure. It is well-known in English-speaking countries. It originates in a British folk dance, with variants attested as early as 1826. The song and accompanying dance peaked in popularity as a music hall song and novelty dance in the mid-1940s in the UK. The song became a chart hit twice in the 1980s. The first UK hit was by the Snowmen, which peaked at UK No. 18 in 1981.
Examples of use of hokey-pokey
1. "They put on the hokey pokey on the dance floor, and my daddy liked that," she said, smiling.
2. In one episode, after baking some "hokey–pokey" honeycomb as a dinner party gift, she is seen eating half of it on the way there.
3. Vanilla is tops in both countries, but "hokey pokey" (vanilla with toffee bits) beats chocolate for No. 2 in New Zealand.