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- Dictionaryhokum/ˈhəʊkəm/
noun
- 1. nonsense: informal "they dismissed such corporate homilies as boardroom hokum"
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HOKUM definition: 1. a film, play, or television programme that does not show life as it really is: 2. a movie…. Learn more.
1. : a device used (as by showmen) to evoke a desired audience response. 2. : pretentious nonsense : bunkum. Synonyms. applesauce [ slang] balderdash. baloney. boloney. beans. bilge. blah-blah. blarney. blatherskite. blither. bosh. bull [ slang] bunkum. buncombe. claptrap. codswallop [ British] crapola [ slang]
HOKUM meaning: 1. a film, play, or television programme that does not show life as it really is: 2. a movie…. Learn more.
noun. out-and-out nonsense; bunkum. elements of low comedy introduced into a play, novel, etc., for the laughs they may bring. sentimental matter of an elementary or stereotyped kind introduced into a play or the like. false or irrelevant material introduced into a speech, essay, etc., in order to arouse interest, excitement, or amusement. hokum.
Definition of hokum noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
sentimental matter of an elementary or stereotyped kind introduced into a play or the like. 4. false or irrelevant material introduced into a speech, essay, etc., in order to arouse interest, excitement, or amusement. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
Define hokum. hokum synonyms, hokum pronunciation, hokum translation, English dictionary definition of hokum. n. 1. Something apparently impressive or legitimate but actually untrue or insincere; nonsense. 2. A stock technique for eliciting a desired response from...
Hokum definition: Something apparently impressive or legitimate but actually untrue or insincere; nonsense.
a message that seems to convey no meaning.
hokum meaning, definition, what is hokum: something that seems true or impressive ...: Learn more.
