hokey-pokeyPronunciation: /həʊkɪˈpəʊki/Definition of hokey-pokey noun informal 1 [mass noun] dated ice cream sold on the street, especially by Italian street vendors. NZ a kind of brittle toffee or a type of toffee-flavoured ice cream: she got me a double cone of hokey pokey 2US deception; trickery. 3 (the hokey-pokey)US term for hokey-cokey.Origin: late 19th century: of unknown originhokey-pokey in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of hokey-pokey in the US English dictionary