hoke
See also: hokë
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English.
Noun
hoke (plural hokes)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of hook
- 1535, William Tyndale, Myles Coverdale (translators), The ii boke of Moses [Exodus] 28, The Holy Scriptures, unnumbered page,
- Thou shalt make hokes of golde also, and two wrethē cheynes of pure golde, and shalt fasten them vnto the hokes.
- 1535, William Tyndale, Myles Coverdale (translators), The ii boke of Moses [Exodus] 28, The Holy Scriptures, unnumbered page,
Related terms
- hoked (adjective)
Etymology 2
From hokum.
Verb
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- (slang) To ascribe a false or artificial quality to; to pretend falsely to have some quality or to be doing something, etc.
- 1993, Reed Whittemore, Jack London, Six Literary Lives, page 70,
- He even checked the Thomas Cooke & Son travel people about how to get to the East End (here he was hoking a bit), learning that they were ready to advise him on how to journey to any point in the world except the East End. Then he hailed a cab and found (here he was hoking further) that the cab driver didn't know how to get there either.
- 1999, David Lewis, 15: Humean Supervenience Debugged, Papers in Metaphysics and Epistemology, Volume 2, page 228,
- If we define partitions of alternative cases by means of ingeniously hoked-up properties, we can get the principle to say almost anything we like.
- 2008, Terry Penner, 12: The Forms and the Sciences in Socrates and Plato, Hugh H. Benson (editor), A Companion to Plato, page 179,
- If it be asked how we come to talk about them, the answer is: for purposes of rejecting these misbegotten creatures of sophistic imaginations, “hoked up” with such things as interest, strength, and the like, which do exist, although only outside of these combinations.
- 1993, Reed Whittemore, Jack London, Six Literary Lives, page 70,
Derived terms
Noun
hoke (plural hokes)
- Something contrived or artificial.
Etymology 3
Compare Scots howk. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
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- (Ireland) To scrounge, to grub.
- 1987, Seamus Heaney, Terminus, The Haw Lantern, 2010, unnumbered page,
- When I hoked there, I would find / An acorn and a rusted bolt
- 2000, John Kelly, The Little Hammer, unnumbered page,
- We met when I was hoking about in the rocks – just the sort of thing a virtual only child does to put in the day.
- 1987, Seamus Heaney, Terminus, The Haw Lantern, 2010, unnumbered page,