hokey

Definition

  • adjective: obviously fake
  • adjective: obviously contrived
  • synonyms: phony, corny, affected

Examples

  • She gave us some 'hokey' excuse for being late.

  • a 'hokey' melodrama

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) most of his patients' histories, so there's no record of anyone named Mofet, but I thought the "yourself" reference was too hokey for Lecter, so I figured he's from Baltimore and I looked in the phone book and there's a "Your Self" storage facility right outside of downtown Baltimore, sir. (..)
    1991 The Silence of the Lambs