hokeypokey

noun

ˌhō-kē-ˈpō-kē How to pronounce hokeypokey (audio)
Definition of hokeypokeynext
as in nuts
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense every year the legislature has to go through the same hokeypokey before it balances the state budget

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  1. nuts
  2. nonsense
  3. garbage
  4. blah
  5. rubbish
  6. stupidity
  7. drool
  8. jazz
Noun
  • Try sprinkling ground flaxseed or chia seeds on granola and yogurt, and snack on small quantities of nuts during the day.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The best choices for you and the planet Another important omega-3, alpha-linolenic acid or ALA, is found in nuts and seeds such as walnuts, flaxseeds and chia seeds — with ground flaxseeds and flaxseed oil providing the highest amounts, according to Harvard Medical School’s website.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of nuts
Noun
  • The art world, like the artwork itself, exists in a delicate balance of elitism and absurdity, meaning and nonsense.
    Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The basic idea here is that Vince Vaughn is doing his mid-aughts-dirtbag Vince Vaughn thing but on Christmas — a premise that’s laid on a foundation of plausible-sounding nonsense.
    Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
Definition of nonsense
Noun
  • The juvenile was white with brownish brindle patches around each eye and found in a garbage bag.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 17 Dec. 2024
  • While Dogtown's hot dog menu is immense, Basile said garbage plates are always a top seller.
    Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of garbage
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  • The post-election blahs are endemic across the big three cable news outlets, but the viewership numbers of individual networks can drop farther when the candidate seen as their ideological opposite wins.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Lighting Lighting is the jewelry of any room, so take down those blah builder grade fixtures and replace them with something magical.
    Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of blah
Noun
  • Go Disposable Gone are the days when disposable cups, plates, and utensils were synonymous with landfill rubbish.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Johnson: There’s so much rubbish talked about this.
    Susan Page, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of rubbish
Noun
  • Navalny’s memoir deftly exposes the infinite vices in the current Russian government that rewards venality, cowardice and stupidity but punishes integrity, brains and the courage to speak truth to power.
    Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 15 Nov. 2024
  • That may not be a huge sum of money in a county with an annual operating budget of nearly $5 billion, but it’s got to rank high in sheer stupidity or at least neglect.
    Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of stupidity
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  • Nate Burleson to haters of NFL's promo clip featuring Taylor Swift: 'Wipe the drool off your tank top' Burleson didn't hold back while addressing the critics who decried seeing Swift in an NFL hype video.
    Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The quick clip shows an angry and feral Xenomorph with dark sharp teeth and lips dripping with drool.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
Definition of drool
Noun
  • During the tribute to Sandoval, actor Andy Garcia, who played the musician in the 2000 film For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story, spoke about how Sandoval remained committed to his pursuit of jazz even when the government in his native Cuba banned it.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The packed house Sunday night danced in the aisles to the bouncy beat after a night of honoring the Dead and other recipients of the lifetime achievement award for artistic accomplishment: director Francis Ford Coppola, jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt.
    CBS News, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of jazz
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