hinky
/ˈhɪnki
/adjective (hinkier, hinkiest) US informal
1(Of a person) dishonest or suspect: he knew the guy was hinky...
- If I even suspect something is hinky I have to look into it!
- ‘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.’
1.1(Of an object) unreliable: my brakes are a little hinky...
- This leads me to believe I have something hinky going on with my video card.
- It's a big Ford F - 250 diesel that he is driving, and it's got a hinky clutch.
Origin
1950s: of obscure origin.
- greening weed
- greenish
- greenishness
- Green Island
- Green Isle
- Green Jacket
- green jaundice
- green jersey
- greenkeeper
- greenkeeping
- Greenland
- Greenlander
- Greenland falcon
- Greenland halibut
- Greenlandic
- Greenlandish
- greenlandit
- greenlandite
- Greenlandman
- Greenland poppy
- Greenland right whale
- Greenland Sea
- Greenland shark
- Greenland whale
- Greenland yard