Definitions for hanky-panky

hanky-panky han·ky-pan·ky

Spelling: [hang-kee-pang-kee]
IPA: /ˈhæŋ kiˈpæŋ ki/

Hanky-Panky is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in hanky-panky (-aahkknnpyy).

Definitions for hanky-panky

noun

  1. unethical behavior; deceit:
  2. illicit sexual relations.

Origin of hanky-panky

1835-45; rhyming compound; compare initial h, p of higgledy-piggledy, hocus-pocus, hodgepodge<

Examples for hanky-panky

I remember being shocked not by the explicit carnality but by the confusion and hanky-panky, and the unhappiness.

Some hanky-panky with regimental money; every one knows how India plays the devil with a man's sense of right and wrong.

Meanwhile, What Kind of hanky-panky Is Going on Over at the Department of Health and Human Services?

Another piece of hanky-panky frequently practised on the stage requires two performers.

I tell you, there's more in that Eastern hanky-panky than meets the eye; beyond that I'll offer no opinion.

Oh, no, the Bedouins know the English Government won't allow any hanky-panky.

Did he sing anything about somebody's bein' his darlin' hanky-panky and wearin' a number two?

If there was any hanky-panky, I couldn't see how he planned to work it.

Those who are fasting must abstain from eating, drinking (even water), smoking, and hanky-panky of any sorts.

If you play any hanky-panky tricks—look here, Da Souza, I'll kill you, sure!

Word Value for hanky-panky
Scrable

15

Words with friends

14

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