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单词 hanky-panky
释义

hanky-panky

noun

han·​ky-pan·​ky ˌhaŋ-kē-ˈpaŋ-kē How to pronounce hanky-panky (audio)
1
informal : sexual activity especially when regarded as somewhat improper
We thought there was some hanky-panky going on between them.
… if there was hanky-panky in the office, it was entirely discreet … Jonathan Galassi
Today's Judeo-Christian culture has not shed this propensity to cheat. (If there weren't any hanky-panky, we wouldn't need the seventh commandment.) Daniel Engber
2
informal : questionable or underhanded activity
warned them not to try any hanky-panky
financial/political hanky-panky

Synonyms

  • artifice
  • chicane
  • chicanery
  • gamesmanship
  • jiggery-pokery
  • jugglery
  • legerdemain
  • skulduggery
  • skullduggery
  • subterfuge
  • trickery
  • wile
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Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined at sense 2

hanky-panky

noun

as in deception
the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end had to resort to a certain amount of hanky-panky to sneak away from the house without his dog seeing him

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • deception
  • subterfuge
  • skulduggery
  • skullduggery
  • chicanery
  • trickery
  • treachery
  • gamesmanship
  • deceptiveness
  • secrecy
  • scheming
  • jugglery
  • jiggery-pokery
  • legerdemain
  • deceit
  • cunning
  • stealth
  • artfulness
  • wile
  • cunning
  • chicane
  • plotting
  • underhandedness
  • dishonesty
  • deceitfulness
  • duplicity
  • hypocrisy
  • sneakiness
  • slyness
  • artifice
  • deviousness
  • slipperiness
  • crookedness
  • shrewdness
  • fakery
  • double-dealing
  • humbuggery
  • shadiness
  • dupery
  • slickness
  • shiftiness
  • insincerity
  • design
  • quackery
  • cageyness
  • dissimulation
  • caginess
  • crookery
  • dirty tricks
  • oiliness
  • craftiness
  • guile
  • wiliness
  • dirty pool
  • imposture
  • foxiness
  • sharpness
  • guilefulness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sincerity
  • guilelessness
  • ingenuousness
  • artlessness
  • forthrightness
  • openness
  • candor
  • candidness
  • directness
  • plainness
  • plainspokenness
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