moke

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See also: Moke and mòkè

English

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Etymology

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Unknown. In the sense of a variety performer, comes from "The Lively Moke" (or "Musical Moke"), an 1860s blackface song, dance and multi-instrumental routine popularized by Johnny Thompson, William J. "Billy" Ashcroft and others.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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moke (plural mokes)

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) A donkey.
  2. (obsolete) The mesh of a net, or of anything resembling a net.
    • 1604, Hastings Corporate Record:
      Any trawl-net, whereof the moak holdeth not five inches size throughout.
  3. (US derogatory slang, ethnic slur, now rare) A black person.
    • 1904, William Jerome, When Mr. Shakespeare comes to town:
      I don't like the Minstrel folks, and I doesn't care for the endmen's jokes;
      I has no use for the musical mokes, and I don't like a circus clown []
  4. (dated, theatrical slang) A performer, such as a minstrel, who plays on several musical instruments.
  5. A stupid person; a dolt.
    • 1868, Punch, volumes 54-55, page 231:
      Whoever infers that money is not happiness, is either a truist or a moke.
  6. British small utility vehicle (styled "MOKE").
  7. (US slang) A mixture of cannabis and tobacco, especially smoked from a bong or water pipe.

Esperanto

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Etymology

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moki +‎ -e

Adverb

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moke

  1. mockingly

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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moke

  1. Alternative form of muk

Etymology 2

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Verb

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moke

  1. Alternative form of mukken

Slovene

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Noun

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moke

  1. genitive singular of moka