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hanky-pankyor han·key-pan·key [ hang-kee-pang-kee ] / ˈhæŋ kiˈpæŋ ki / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hanky-panky ON THESAURUS.COM
noun Informal.unethical behavior; deceit: When the bank teller bought an expensive car and house, they suspected there might be some hanky-panky going on. illicit sexual relations. Origin of hanky-panky1835–45; rhyming compound; compare initial h, p of higgledy-piggledy, hocus-pocus, hodgepodge, etc. Words nearby hanky-pankyhankering, Hankou, Hankow, Hanks, hanky, hanky-panky, Hanna, Hannah, Hannibal, Hanno, Hannover Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hanky-pankyMeanwhile, What Kind of Hanky-Panky Is Going on Over at the Department of Health and Human Services? Up to a Point: PJ on Sochi Stray Dog Stew and 1-800-F*CKYOU|P. J. O’Rourke|February 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Those who are fasting must abstain from eating, drinking (even water), smoking, and hanky-panky of any sorts. First Friday of Ramadan For Palestinians|Maysoon Zayid|July 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST I remember being shocked not by the explicit carnality but by the confusion and hanky-panky, and the unhappiness. My Conversation with John Updike|Barbara Probst Solomon|January 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST Did he sing anything about somebody's bein' his darlin' hanky-panky and wearin' a number two? The Portygee|Joseph Crosby Lincoln
I'll put up with no hanky-panky work from Mrs. Cummers Portheris, my dear—and well she knows it!' An American Girl in London|Sara Jeannette Duncan Some hanky-panky with regimental money; every one knows how India plays the devil with a man's sense of right and wrong. These scientists have worked miracles before which those of the ancient priests and magicians are mere tricks of hanky-panky. God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford He had no idea I wasn't interested in his other hanky-panky, but could tell I had had a low blow. The Misplaced Battleship|Harry Harrison (AKA Henry Maxwell Dempsey)
British Dictionary definitions for hanky-panky
noun informaldubious or suspicious behaviour foolish behaviour or talk illicit sexual relations Word Origin for hanky-pankyC19: variant of hocus-pocus Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hanky-pankyamour, chicanery, dalliance, deception, dirty pool, double-dealing, fling, flirtation, fraud, liaison, love affair, mischief, monkey business, romance, shenanigans, skullduggery, subterfuge, trickery, devilry, chicane |