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Definition of hokey-cokey noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hokey-cokey

noun
 
/ˌhəʊki ˈkəʊki/
 
/ˌhəʊki ˈkəʊki/
(British English)
(North American English hokey-pokey
 
/ˌhəʊki ˈpəʊki/
 
/ˌhəʊki ˈpəʊki/
)
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  1. a dance in which people stand in a circle and make movements with their arms and legs while singing; the music for this dance
    Word Origin1940s: perhaps from hocus-pocus.
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