hanky-pank

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of hanky-panky. countable,uncountable
    — He was interested at once, and also at once made proclamation that all such performances were "hanky-pank," and that he could duplicate any of them.
  2. A carnival game which guarantees a winner. countable,slang,uncountable
    — That means if you book a couple of games of hanky pank, I'll allow you to book an alibi with them so if the kids win something we will rip off dad, that seems fair.
  3. A nonce word. countable,uncountable
    — ... him that that was none of his dad-blamed hanky-pank business, although I ached to tell him that and several other things.
动词 v.
  1. To engage in hanky-panky.
    — He knew why he was so deeply angry: this situation had corrupted a fine young engineer, had lost him to the profession, while he, Drew, had hanky-panked with the enemy in the deluded belief that the conflict was not real.

词形变化

hanky-panks plural hanky-panks present,singular,third-person hanky-panking participle,present hanky-panked participle,past hanky-panked past

词源

词源 1
Clipping of hanky-panky
词源 2
Clipping of hanky-panky
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