name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
hoke
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/hoʊk/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -əʊk
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CMU ARPABET: HH OW1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Alternative form of hook.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
Something contrived or artificial.
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verb
Meaning 4
To ascribe a false or artificial quality to; to pretend falsely to have some quality or to be doing something, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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verb
Meaning 5
To scrounge, to grub.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland
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History
Etymology
From Middle English hoke, from Old English hōc.
From hokum.
From the root of holk (“hollow cavity”). Compare Scots howk.