1. a playful dance performed in a group, typically to a novelty song, in which dancers follow a sequence of movements involving their limbs
Usage: informal; also spelled 'hokey pokey' or 'hokey-pokey'
2. nonsensical or deceptive behavior; trickery or dishonest activity
Usage: informal; often used in the phrase 'hanky-panky' or as a standalone term for suspicious conduct

Examples

• The children learned the hokypoky at the school dance.
• Everyone gathered in a circle to do the hokypoky together.
• There's some hokypoky going on with those financial records.
• I don't trust his explanations—there's too much hokypoky involved.
• The party ended with everyone doing the hokypoky on the dance floor.