English Explanatory Dictionary

okie-doke

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A scheme or stratagem intended to cheat or swindle; trick.
  2. Swindling.
intj
  1. Alternative form of okey-dokey.

Word forms

okie-doke okie-dokes okie doke okey doke okey-doke

Etymology

Clipping of okie-dokie, imitating the naïve responses of those who willingly yet unwittingly agree to the terms of disastrously bad or harmful agreements by saying "okie-doke".

Related words

bait and switch rope-a-dope
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