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Possibly from obsolete Scots hink, from Old Norse hinka (“to limp または hobble”), probably not from 古期英語 inca (“doubt; suspicion”). Possibly from hank (“a loop または coil または anything that curbs または restrains”). Possibly from African-American usage: hincty or hinkty.
形容詞
hinky (comparative hinkier または more hinky, superlative hinkiest または most hinky)
- (informal) Acting suspiciously; strange, unusual; acting in a manner as if having something to hide, or seemingly crooked.
- 1970 7 February 1970: Sgt. MacDonald (William Boyett), Re: Adam-12, Log 54 Impersonation (Season 2, Episode 16) referring to Detective Forest (John Hudson)
- 1990 Oct 3: Kurt Guntheroth, Re: Market selling under highest bid?, misc.invest, [1]
- There's nothing hinky about this.
- 1993 Jeb Stuart & David Touhy, The Fugitive, imdb.com, [2]
- 1995 Sep 26: Richard Steven Walz, Re: Odd etching chemistry; was: Re: Does dry ice fog hurt electronics?, sci.electronics, [3]
- 2000 Carl Hiaasen, Sick Puppy, p. 101
- 2004 Bruce Schneier qt. Diana Dean, Boston Globe (2004)
- 2006 Dec 06: Hester Mofet, Re: Tip in '95 Disappearance of TV Anchor Jodi Huisentruit Doesn't Yield Much, alt.true-crime, [4]
- There's something hinky about this whole thing.
- (informal) Suspicious (of something).
- 1993 Aug 20: Dave Ratcliffe, Re: Long Trips With Cats, rec.pets.cats, [5]
- 1995 Jun 23: Rosco Benson, Re: HP Browning Mag safety, remove it?, rec.guns, [6]
- 1999 Mar 14: Trn0, Re: HELP w/ taking a knife to another country (TANZANIA), rec.knives, [7]
- 2005 Feb 11: tiny dancer, Re: Pregnant Ky. Woman Kills Attacker, alt.true-crime, [8]
- I was feeling a bit hinky about this one too.
- (informal) dishonest; sketchy; shady
- (informal, derogatory) Weird; nonstandard.
- 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, [9]
- 1995 Feb 1: Gharlane of Eddore, Re: E2 is great SF, rec.arts.sf.tv, [10]
- 1997 Mar 11: Karen J. Cravens, Re: WRITERS!, rec.games.frp.misc, [11]
- 2006 Jan 4: Andrew H. Wakefield, Got the lathe -- followup, rec.crafts.metalworking, [12]
- 2008 Sept 8: Dave Letterman discussing the climate crisis, The Late Show with Dave Letterman, Show #2980, rec.arts.tv, [13]
- (informal) unreliable; wonky
- (informal) snobbish; haughty
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