hinky

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Acting suspiciously; strange, unusual; acting in a manner as if having something to hide, or seemingly crooked. colloquial
    — I thought he might be acting hinky.
  2. Suspicious (of something). colloquial
    — I think they get hinky if everything is shaking around and they can't see much.
  3. Dishonest; sketchy; shady colloquial
  4. Weird; nonstandard. colloquial,derogatory
    — 1968 Sept 21: Officer Pete Malloy, as written by Jack Webb, intuiting that a citizen’s report of burglars casing the neighborhood is probably legitimate, Adam-12, Season 1, Episode 1 at 9:32, http://www.imdb.com/rg/VIDEO_PLAY/LINK//video/hulu/vi4018208793/ This [call] shouldn’t be hinky – I’ve got a hunch they’re still floating around.
  5. Unreliable; wonky colloquial
  6. Snobbish; haughty colloquial

词形变化

hinkier comparative more hinky comparative hinkiest superlative most hinky superlative hinkey alternative hinkty alternative hincty alternative

词源

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.
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