Definitions for hooey
ˈhu ihooey

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stuff, stuff and nonsense, hooey, poppycocknoun

   senseless talk

   "don't give me that stuff"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hooeynoun

   Silly talk or writing; nonsense.

   I heard his speech. It sounded like a whole lot of hooey to me.

2. Etymology: Possibly related to phooey, possibly a euphemism for horseshit, possibly from Russian хуй

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hooey

   Hooey was a humour magazine published by Popular Magazines in the 1930s. The magazine presented spoof ads and articles much in the manner popularised by the 1950s magazine Mad.

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1. hooey

   Hooey is a term used to describe information or statements that are considered nonsense, false, or ridiculous. It is often used in response to something that is not believable or lacks credibility.

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1. Hooey

   Hooey was a humour magazine published by Popular Magazines in the 1930s. It presented spoof ads and articles much in the manner popularised by the 50s magazine Mad.

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1. HOOEY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hooey is ranked #49268 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Hooey surname appeared 427 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Hooey.
   
   77.2% or 330 total occurrences were White.
   16.6% or 71 total occurrences were Black.
   3.9% or 17 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.1% or 5 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Nonsense

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce hooey?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say hooey in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hooey in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hooey in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of hooey in a Sentence

1. James Mitchell:

   It's a bunch of hooey, some of the things are just plain not true.

2. Dick Cheney:

   What I keep hearing out there is they portray this as a rogue operation and the agency was way out of bounds and then they lied about it, i think that's all a bunch of hooey. The program was authorized. The agency did not want to proceed without authorization, and it was also reviewed legally by the Justice Department before they undertook the program.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hooey
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hooey
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooey
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hooey
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=hooey