Definition of "oke" []

• A Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian and Wallachian unit of weight, equal to about 2 & 3/4 lbs. (noun)
• Man; guy; bloke (noun)

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• "The eyo masqurade parade began by traders from badagry on lagos island. the point of performance then was known as oke ita which was later found to be the lagoon end of Glover road, ikoyi Lagos."
• "No documentation acceptable to the OED editors has been found for the mirage that O.K. represents an American Indian word oke meaning ` it is, 'or French au quai, or a West African word brought to America by slaves, or an abbreviation of "Old Kinderhook.""
• "She, he, anyone, would certainly be "oke" by then."