hokey-cokey
/həʊkɪˈkəʊki
/noun
A communal dance performed in a circle with synchronized shaking of the limbs in turn, accompanied by a simple song.Dwell on the red circle formed by the Arsenal players, which began with a show of unity and descended into an impromptu hokey-cokey....
- Seeing our Japanese hosts do the hokey-cokey was a sight to behold.
- After forcing us to sing a Neil Diamond medley, he tops the show by prodding the audience into doing the hokey-cokey while spraying us with champagne.
Origin
1940s: perhaps from hocus-pocus.