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hoke.

To ascribe a false or artificial quality to; to pretend falsely to have some quality or to be doing something, etc.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/hoʊk/
  1. To ascribe a false or artificial quality to; to pretend falsely to have some quality or to be doing something, etc.

    slang
Where this word comes from

From hokum.

noun/hoʊk/
  1. Something contrived or artificial.

Where this word comes from

From hokum.

verb/hoʊk/
  1. To scrounge, to grub.

    Ireland
Where this word comes from

From the root of holk (“hollow cavity”). Compare Scots howk.

noun/hoʊk/
  1. Alternative form of hook.

    alt-of · alternative · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English hoke, from Old English hōc.

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