"okey-dokey" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-okey dokey.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Reduplication and modification of okay. First attested in the 1930s. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Reduplication}} Reduplication, {{m|en|okay}} okay, {{etydate/the|1930s}} the 1930s, {{etydate|1930s}} First attested in the 1930s. Head templates: {{en-interj}} okey-dokey
  1. An exclamation of accordance; okay, OK. Derived forms: okey-dokey artichokey, 'keydokey Translations (variant of OK): okido (Dutch), oukki-doukki (Finnish), dacodac (French), oké zsoké (Hungarian), оки-доки (oki-doki) (Russian), okidoki (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-okey-dokey-en-intj-PPn3XGk~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English reduplications, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Synonyms: hokiedokie, hokie-dokie, hokie dokie, OK-DK [initialism], OK DK [initialism], OKDK [initialism], oke-dokee, oke dokee, okedokee, okee dokee, okee-dokee, okeedokee, okey dokey, okeydokey, okie-dokie, okie dokie, okiedokie, oky-dokey, oky dokey, okydokey, okydoky, oky doky, oky-doky

Alternative forms

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      "word": "oke dokee"
    },
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      "word": "okedokee"
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      "word": "okee dokee"
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    {
      "word": "okey dokey"
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      "word": "okie-dokie"
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      "word": "okie dokie"
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      "word": "okiedokie"
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    {
      "word": "oky-dokey"
    },
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      "word": "oky dokey"
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      "word": "okydokey"
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      "word": "oky doky"
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      "word": "oky-doky"
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      "sense": "variant of OK",
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