Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective So peculiar as to arouse suspicion; curiously odd.
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- adjective informal Acting
suspiciously ;strange ,unusual ; acting in a manner as if having something to hide, or seeminglycrooked . - adjective informal Suspicious (of something).
- adjective informal, derogatory
Weird ;nonstandard .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And I'd probably NOT go to a GYN who made me feel "hinky" anyway.
Performing the Pelvic Exam aka TBTAM 2007
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That $96,000 tax-free gift to Hampton's parents -- supposedly made "out of concern for the well-being of longtime family friends during a difficult time" -- was already "hinky," as Letterman might say.
Alafair Burke: Sex, Lies, and Band-Aids: Why Ensign and Polanski Should Have Pulled a Letterman 2009
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As for chaperones - I have a female doctor now, but I'd probably only request something if things felt "hinky" to me.
Performing the Pelvic Exam aka TBTAM 2007
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LiveforFilms the whole Felicia Hardy as The Vulturess just seems kind of hinky to me.
John Malkovich and Anne Hathaway as Spider-Man 4’s Vulture and… Vulturess? | /Film 2009
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People get "hinky" over 13 because it's the traditional number of witches in a coven.
Unlucky Friday Marina Geigert 2008
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Not sure what "hinky" means but it sounds slightly painful, like a hickey?
Five Tips: How to visit the Garden of NPIRL Delights Bettina Tizzy 2008
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GERAGOS: I don't -- the whole thing is kind of hinky, I mean, not that I don't enjoy, frankly, seeing a Republican who is anti-gay, on one hand, getting caught in a bathroom.
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But the interface is kind of hinky, and frankly the reliability just isn't there.
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And I betcha ten buckaroos you use the word "hinky" this week ...
haloaskew Diary Entry haloaskew 2004
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Org - RapidRecon: Tale of Two Terror Attacks In Pakistan Droning on - Things are kind of hinky in Warzirastan for the bad guys.
memeorandum 2010
yarb commented on the word hinky
How strange that I've never come across this before!
December 1, 2010
yarb commented on the word hinky
I like how it rhymes with kinky, and the first two examples are from a publication titled "Performing the Pelvic Exam".
December 1, 2010