jiggery-pokery

WOTD – 22 March 2010    

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌdʒɪɡ.ɹ.iˈpəʊ.kəɹ.i/
• (US) IPA: /ˌdʒɪɡ.ɚ.iˈpoʊ.kɚ.i/

Noun

jiggery-pokery (uncountable)

1. Trickery or misrepresentation.
2. Manipulation
3. An ambiguous reference to sexual intercourse.

Synonyms

• (trickery): hanky-panky, skulduggery, trickery

Translations

trickery or misrepresentation

• Armenian: խաբեություն (hy) (xabeutyu՛n), աղավաղում (hy) (ałavałum), նենգափոխություն (hy) (nengapʿoxutʿyun)
• Finnish: hämäys (fi)
• Italian: frottola (it), beffa (it)

• Russian: мошенничество (ru) (mošenničestvo) n, надувательство (ru) (naduvatelʹstvo) n
• Spanish: cachondeo (es), trufa (es)