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hoke

hoke [ hōk ] (past and past participle hoked, present participle hok·ing, 3rd person present singular hokes)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
make more dramatic: to introduce highly melodramatic or broadly comic features into a story, play, or speech, in order to captivate an audience

[Early 20th century. Back-formation <hokum]
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