jiggery-pokery
noun
jig·gery-pok·ery ˈji-gər-ē-ˈpō-kər-ē 
: underhanded manipulation or dealings : trickery
Synonyms
- artifice
- chicane
- chicanery
- gamesmanship
- hanky-panky
- jugglery
- legerdemain
- skulduggery
- skullduggery
- subterfuge
- trickery
- wile
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Word History
Etymology
probably alteration of Scots joukery-pawkery, from jouk to dodge, cheat + pawk trick, wile
First Known Use
circa 1892, in the meaning defined above
jiggery-pokery
noun
as in trickery
the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end the judge ordered the corporation to hand over all records, with no jiggery-pokery about unexpected problems and missing information Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- trickery
- chicanery
- deception
- subterfuge
- skulduggery
- jugglery
- treachery
- gamesmanship
- legerdemain
- skullduggery
- deceptiveness
- artfulness
- stealth
- chicane
- cunning
- secrecy
- plotting
- hanky-panky
- scheming
- cunning
- deceit
- artifice
- wile
- duplicity
- sneakiness
- slipperiness
- shrewdness
- underhandedness
- design
- deviousness
- slickness
- humbuggery
- hypocrisy
- deceitfulness
- fakery
- shiftiness
- craftiness
- quackery
- dishonesty
- slyness
- crookery
- guile
- dissimulation
- crookedness
- caginess
- shadiness
- cageyness
- double-dealing
- insincerity
- oiliness
- imposture
- wiliness
- dupery
- sharpness
- dirty pool
- foxiness
- dirty tricks
- guilefulness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- artlessness
- sincerity
- ingenuousness
- guilelessness
- forthrightness
- openness
- directness
- candor
- plainness
- candidness
- plainspokenness