Noun: hokey-pokey 'how-kee'pow-kee
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: hokey-cokey)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: hokey-cokey)
- A dance and song in which the dancers form a circle and perform set sequence of synchronized movements
"The children laughed as they did the hokey-pokey at the party";
- hokey-cokey [Brit, Cdn]
Derived forms: hokey-pokeys
Encyclopedia: Hokey-pokey