English Dictionary

hokeypokey

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 ニュージーランド英語

(preceded by definite article) A group dance performed in a circle, in which people move a variety of their body parts in and out of the middle, and shake them about. / (New Zealand) Honeycomb toffee.

日本語の意味

円形に集まって行う集団ダンス。人々が身体のさまざまな部位を中央に向かって突き出し、また戻しながら踊るもの。 / ニュージーランドにおけるハニカムトフィー、すなわち蜂の巣状のキャラメル菓子。

At the summer fair, the teenagers surprised everyone by starting the hokeypokey in the middle of the lawn.

夏の祭りで、ティーンエイジャーたちは芝生の真ん中でホーキーポーキーを始めてみんなを驚かせた。

意味（1）

(preceded by definite article) A group dance performed in a circle, in which people move a variety of their body parts in and out of the middle, and shake them about.

So he choreographs each event depending on the crowd, starting with something to learn the drill, like “Marching Through Georgia,” working in something to loosen people up like the hokeypokey, and probably a contra dance (long lines, not squares) like the Virginia reel.

意味（2）

(New Zealand) Honeycomb toffee.

意味（3）

A kind of ice cream with pieces of honeycomb toffee.

hokeypokeys （ plural ）