hinky
/ˈhɪŋki/ · adj
Meaning
- Acting suspiciously; strange, unusual; acting in a manner as if having something to hide, or seemingly crooked.
- Suspicious (of something).
- Dishonest; sketchy; shady
- Weird; nonstandard.
- Unreliable; wonky
- Snobbish; haughty
Etymology / origin
Possibly from obsolete Scots hink, from Old Norse hinka (“to limp or hobble”), probably not from Old English inca (“doubt; suspicion”). Possibly from hank (“a loop or coil or anything that curbs or restrains”). Possibly from African-American usage: hincty or hinkty.
- inca(Old English)→
- hinka(non)→
- hink(Scots)→
- hinky (English)
- Relations: der, der, cog
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