Definition of hinky in English:
hinky
adjectivehinkier, hinkiest ˈhɪnkiˈhiNGkē
US informal 1(of a person) dishonest or suspect.
he knew the guy was hinky
Example sentencesExamples
- When eagles see something they think is hinky, they will kind of pause in the air and flare out the talons.
- I know this will sound hinky to my American readers.
- If I even suspect something is hinky I have to look into it!
- Sensing something hinky, the cat rose as Newby galloped out from a clump of trees, baying like a hound.
- ‘The whole thing is just way too hinky,’ he said.
- His sources are so hinky about the topic that they won't even let him attribute the information to ‘former senior officials.’
- Accordingly, instead of mass media's big bulge of consensus and convention and conformity in the middle, the spectrum gets filled with all kinds of hinky stuff.
- The other hinky thing about the game is its economics.
- Rebus isn't the only one who gets hinky as he drives north over the Forth Bridge and turns right.
- 1.1 (of an object) unreliable.
my brakes are a little hinky
Example sentencesExamples
- It's a big Ford F - 250 diesel that he is driving, and it's got a hinky clutch.
- This leads me to believe I have something hinky going on with my video card.
Origin
1950s: of obscure origin.