Miss Daisys Driver In Driving Miss Daisy Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "HOKE" which means:

noun
• • A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
• • A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
• • Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
• • The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
• • The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
• • A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
• • A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
• • A snare; a trap.
• • (in the plural) the projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
• • Removal or expulsion from a group or activity
• • A field sown two years in succession.
• • (authorship) a brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.
• • (authorship) a gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.
• • A finesse.
• • A jack (the playing card).
• • A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as sandy hook in new jersey.
• • A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
• • A ship's anchor.
• • Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.
• • (scrabble) an instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
• • A diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.
• • A háček.
• • Senses relating to sports.
• • Something contrived or artificial.
verb
• • To ascribe a false or artificial quality to; to pretend falsely to have some quality or to be doing something, etc.
• • To scrounge, to grub.

An example sentence would be:

• • "His exaggerated gestures and hokes always made the audience laugh."
• • "The comedian's hoke was a crowd-pleaser."

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