okey-dokey

interjection

An exclamation of accordance; okay, OK.

Meanings

interjection
  1. colloquialAn exclamation of accordance; okay, OK.

    “Okey dokey. I just got off the phone with Gizmo and gave him our locaysh.”

    2024 December 2, Shana Gohd & Paul Simms, “Come Out and Play” (15:33 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 6, episode 9, spoken by Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch)
    1 more example

    “Ensign, the bridge is yours. Be gentle but attentive. Get her where she needs to be. Guide her home.” “Okeydokey. (chuckles) Uh, maintain course.” (all screaming) (alarm blaring)

    2020 August 13, Chris Kula, “Envoys” (11:35 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Samanthan Rutherford (Eugene Cordero)
adjectiveokey-dokey (comparative more okey-dokey, superlative most okey-dokey)

comparative more okey-dokey · superlative most okey-dokey

  1. colloquialOkay, OK.

    Feeling okey-dokey, Audrey? Why don’t you hop in?

    1990, Ronald Frame, “Un Homme et une Femme”, in Bluette, Sevenoaks, Kent: Sceptre, published 1991, →ISBN, part I (Aquae-Regis), page 76
    2 more examples

    “Hi, Maria. How are you?” “Okey-dokey and Clarissa’s okey-dokey too!”

    1985, Cathie Linz, chapter 11, in Tender Guardian, Large Print edition, Thorndike, Me.: G.K. Hall & Co., published 1996, →ISBN, page 212

    “Are you okey-dokey, Jo?” a high-pitched, childish voice piped up.

    2004, Linda Lehmann Masek, chapter 13, in The Poison Tree, New York, N.Y.: Avalon Books, →ISBN, page 117

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

Reduplication and modification of okay. First attested in the 1930s.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Dutch okido
  • okidovariant of OK
Finnish oukki-doukki
  • oukki-doukkivariant of OK
French dacodac
  • dacodacvariant of OK
Hungarian oké zsoké
  • oké zsokévariant of OK
Polish oki doki
  • oki dokivariant of OK
Russian оки-доки
  • оки-доки (oki-doki)variant of OK
Spanish okidoki, okey, makey
  • okidokivariant of OK
  • okey, makeyvariant of OK
Swedish okidoki
  • okidokivariant of OK
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APA

okey-dokey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/okey-dokey

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Chicago

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