Englishad hockerynounMeaningUse of ad hoc or improvised reasoning.Arbitrary decision rules sometimes included in artificially intelligent software to simulate the unexpectedness in human reasoning.Related wordsad-hockery(English)scullduggery(English)gimmickery(English)sculduggery(English)hobbetyhoy(English)shenaniganery(English)skullduggery(English)hobbedehoy(English)SourcesDictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data