1. a lively novelty dance in which dancers stand in a circle and move their limbs in and out while following a rhythmic chant
Usage: also spelled 'hokey pokey' or 'hokey-pokey'; informal; often performed at parties and social gatherings
2. nonsense or deceptive behavior; something done insincerely or as a trick
Usage: informal; often used in the phrase 'a lot of hokeypokey'

Examples

• The kids learned the hokeypokey at summer camp and performed it at the talent show.
• At the wedding reception, the DJ played the hokeypokey and everyone joined in on the dance floor.
• I don't believe his excuses—it's all hokeypokey.
• The magician's act was full of hokeypokey and sleight of hand.
• We did the hokeypokey in a circle, putting our right foot in and shaking it all about.
• Stop all this hokeypokey and tell me the truth.