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hanky-panky

/haŋkɪˈpaŋki

noun [mass noun] informal, humorous

Behaviour, in particular sexual or legally dubious behaviour, considered improper but not seriously so: suspicions of financial hanky-panky...

Catching the spirit of the movie, we want to believe that you and the young cast indulged in all sorts of fantastic sexual hanky-panky.
How come the same people who call same-sex marriage immoral are so often up to their necks in heterosexual hanky-panky?
Which only goes to show that there's nothing better than a bit of sexual hanky-panky to divert the public from more serious matters.

Synonyms

goings-on, funny business, mischief, misbehaviour, misconduct, chicanery, dishonesty, deception, deceit, trickery, intrigue, skulduggery, subterfuge, machinations;

extramarital sex, infidelity, unfaithfulness, adultery, liaison, affair, fling

informal monkey business, shenanigans, carryings-on, carry-on, fooling around, playing around

British informal jiggery-pokery, monkey tricks

North American informal monkeyshines

formal fornication

archaic knavery

Origin

Mid 19th century: perhaps an alteration of hokey-pokey.

People have been talking in disapproving terms of hanky-panky since the 1830s. Then it tended to mean ‘trickery’ or ‘dishonest behaviour’, whereas since the 1930s it has mainly referred to sexual indiscretions. The word is possibly an alteration of hocus-pocus, which was said by conjurors as they performed their tricks, rather like ‘abracadabra!’. This appeared in the early 17th century based on a pseudo-Latin phrase hax pax max Deus adimax used by conjurors as a magic formula. Hoax (late 18th century) may be a shortening of hocus-pocus.

单词	hanky-panky
释义	hanky-panky /haŋkɪˈpaŋki / noun [mass noun] informal, humorous Behaviour, in particular sexual or legally dubious behaviour, considered improper but not seriously so: suspicions of financial hanky-panky... Catching the spirit of the movie, we want to believe that you and the young cast indulged in all sorts of fantastic sexual hanky-panky. How come the same people who call same-sex marriage immoral are so often up to their necks in heterosexual hanky-panky? Which only goes to show that there's nothing better than a bit of sexual hanky-panky to divert the public from more serious matters. Synonyms goings-on, funny business, mischief, misbehaviour, misconduct, chicanery, dishonesty, deception, deceit, trickery, intrigue, skulduggery, subterfuge, machinations; extramarital sex, infidelity, unfaithfulness, adultery, liaison, affair, fling informal monkey business, shenanigans, carryings-on, carry-on, fooling around, playing around British informal jiggery-pokery, monkey tricks North American informal monkeyshines formal fornication archaic knavery Origin Mid 19th century: perhaps an alteration of hokey-pokey. People have been talking in disapproving terms of hanky-panky since the 1830s. Then it tended to mean ‘trickery’ or ‘dishonest behaviour’, whereas since the 1930s it has mainly referred to sexual indiscretions. The word is possibly an alteration of hocus-pocus, which was said by conjurors as they performed their tricks, rather like ‘abracadabra!’. This appeared in the early 17th century based on a pseudo-Latin phrase hax pax max Deus adimax used by conjurors as a magic formula. Hoax (late 18th century) may be a shortening of hocus-pocus. Rhymes cranky, Frankie, hanky, lanky, manky, swanky, Yankee
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