okie-doke

noun

A scheme or stratagem intended to cheat or swindle; trick.

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Meanings

nounokie-doke (countable and uncountable, plural okie-dokes)

plural okie-dokes · alternative okie doke · alternative okey doke · alternative okey-doke

  1. countableuncountableAfrican-AmericanA scheme or stratagem intended to cheat or swindle; trick.

    If we're being honest, at one point or another we all fall for this kind of okie doke.

    2021, D.D. Thompson, Learning to Let Go
    2 more examples

    Those are the same old tricks. They're trying to bamboozle you. It's the same old okie-doke. Y'all know about okie-doke, right?

    2009, Richard Wolffe, Renegade: The Making of a President, page 198

    There was an innocent look in his eyes but at this point I am way too guarded to fall for it. I've already been through this once last year when my Army career was ruined. Falling for the okie-doke.

    2012, Clay Walker, Crawling Towards the Light
  2. countableuncountableAfrican-AmericanSwindling.
interjection

alternative okie doke · alternative okey doke · alternative okey-doke

  1. alternativeAlternative form of okey-dokey.

Origin

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".

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APA

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

MLA

“okie-doke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/okie-doke. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “okie-doke,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/okie-doke.

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