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hooky
noun as in cut
Strong matches
Weak matches
Example Sentences
Angular riffs, clever-clever lyrics and big, hooky choruses were the order of the day.
And don’t we all need a big healing sing-along moment with “The Middle” with the hooky reassurance that everything will be all right, all right?
Balancing hooky dance-rock with more experimental forays into electronica and even ambient music, they pepper their lyrics with references to online relationships, chemical dependency and wry, self-aware humour.
“But I was like, I think people love when you do that because it’s weird and funny and hooky. It makes you remember the song more because it’s not correct.”
“I just tried to think, what's really hooky and what would be fun to sing with a crowd. Those were my parameters.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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