hokum

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim (An instance of) meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of being impressive and legitimate.

   “I think we have learned to beware of these political charlatans. We have enough horse sense to neutralize their hokum. But let's start right now to take their hokum apart and show up its component elements for just what they are—the siren songs of demagogy.”

2. isim (An instance of) excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material in a film, television programme, theater production, etc.

   “The majority of the twenty-six stunts described in this volume belong to a species of so-called hokum acts derived from the professional stage and handed down through several generations of actors.”

3. isim A film, television programme, theater production, etc., containing excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material.

   “[H]e [Stanley Baker] was still churning out the kind of Boy's Own hokums and dreary international espionage thrillers that defined that bygone era.”

4. isim A genre of blues song or music, often characterized by sexual innuendos or satire.

   “[D]uring the 'twenties, jazz developed from an infrequent ‘hokum’ music in a few vaudeville acts to a household commodity.”