hokeypokey in English

noun

1

a circle dance with a synchronized shaking of the limbs in turn, accompanied by a simple song.

I'm the typical American white guy, so watching me dance is like seeing the Pillsbury Doughboy doing the hokey-pokey .

2

hocus-pocus; trickery.

There was something kind of psychic about him, almost supernatural, and it was no surprise when I found out he was into that hokey-pokey and read a lot about magic and mysticism.

3

ice cream sold on the street, especially by Italian street vendors.

Interestingly, in late - 19 th-century Britain, hokey-pokey men were Italian street vendors selling ice-cream wrapped in waxed paper.

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