hoke

[hohk]

hoke

[hohk] verb, hoked, hok·ing, noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to alter or manipulate so as to give a deceptively or superficially improved quality or value (usually followed by up): a political speech hoked up with phony statistics.
noun

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Origin:
1930–35; back formation from hokey or hocum
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hoke (həʊk)
 
vb (usually foll by up)
to overplay (a part, etc)
 
[C20: perhaps from hokum]

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