noun
Meaning 1
Trickery or misrepresentation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
jiggery-pokery
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌdʒɪɡ.ə.ɹiˈpəʊ.kə.ɹi/
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General-American: /ˌdʒɪɡ.ɚ.iˈpoʊ.kɚ.i/
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noun
Meaning 2
Manipulation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Sexual intercourse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, skulduggery, skullduggery
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: misrepresentation, deceit, deception
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Scots joukery-pawkery (“trickery; deceit”) Attested in English since the nineteenth century. The earliest known use was in the Berkshire Chronicle in 1845.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: խաբեություն (xabeutʻyun) — trickery or misrepresentation
- Armenian: աղավաղում (aġavaġum) — trickery or misrepresentation
- Armenian: նենգափոխություն (nengapʻoxutʻyun) — trickery or misrepresentation
- Finnish: hämäys — trickery or misrepresentation
- Georgian: თაღლითობა (taɣlitoba) — trickery or misrepresentation
- Georgian: სისულელე (sisulele) — trickery or misrepresentation
- Georgian: ჩმახი (čmaxi) — trickery or misrepresentation
- Georgian: მოტყუება (moṭq̇ueba) — trickery or misrepresentation
- Italian: frottola — trickery or misrepresentation
- Italian: beffa — trickery or misrepresentation
- Japanese: 誤魔化し (gomakashi) — trickery or misrepresentation
- Japanese: 裏工作 (ura kōsaku) — trickery or misrepresentation
- Russian: моше́нничество (mošénničestvo) — trickery or misrepresentation
- Russian: надувательство (naduvatelʹstvo) — trickery or misrepresentation
- Spanish: cachondeo — trickery or misrepresentation
- Spanish: trufa — trickery or misrepresentation
- Ukrainian: інтриги (intryhy) — trickery or misrepresentation
- Ukrainian: підступи (pidstupy) — trickery or misrepresentation