Synonyms for hanky panky
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hang-kee-pang-kee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæŋ kiˈpæŋ ki |
Top 10 synonyms for hanky panky Other synonyms for the word hanky panky
- a little on the side
- absurdity
- absurdness
- affair of the heart
- affaire
- affaire de coeur
- amorous play
- amour
- antics
- artifice
- assignment
- bad faith
- baloney
- bamboozlement
- barratry
- beeswax
- bill of goods
- buffoonery
- bunco
- bunk
- capers
- carrying on
- carrying-on
- cheat
- cheating
- chicane
- clowning around
- con
- con game
- corruption
- cover up
- cozening
- craft
- craftiness
- craziness
- criminality
- crookedness
- cunning
- deceit
- devilry
- deviousness
- dirty pool
- dirty trick
- disobedience
- dodge
- double-crossing
- double-dealing
- dupery
- duping
- duty
- entanglement
- extortion
- extracurricular activity
- faithlessness
- fake
- falsehood
- falsity
- fast one
- fast shuffle
- feint
- fix
- flimflam
- fling
- flirtation
- foolery
- fooling around
- foolishness
- forbidden love
- fornication
- foul play
- fourberie
- frame
- fraud
- fraudulence
- frolicking
- frolicsomeness
- function
- funny business
- furtiveness
- gag
- gambit
- goings-on
- graft
- guile
- gyp
- hankie-pankie
- hanky-panky
- happening
- high jinks
- hoax
- hoaxing
- hocus-pocus
- hokey-pokey
- hoodwinking
- horse feathers
- horseplay
- horsing around
- humbug
- hustle
- hypocrisy
- illicit love
- illicit love affair
- immorality
- imposture
- improbity
- inanity
- infamy
- infidelity
- insanity
- insidiousness
- interest
- intimacy
- intrigue
- involvement
- irresponsibility
- issue
- jazz
- jive
- knavery
- liaison
- line
- lookout
- love
- love affair
- ludicrousness
- lunacy
- machination
- machinations
- maneuver
- matinee
- matter
- ménage à trois
- mendacity
- messing around
- misbehavior
- mischief
- mischief-making
- mischievousness
- misrepresentation
- monkey business
- monkeyshine
- naughtiness
- nonsense
- palaver
- passion
- perfidiousness
- perfidy
- plant
- playing around
- plot
- ploy
- point
- poppycock
- prank
- problem
- put-on
- question
- racket
- rascality
- relationship
- rendezvous
- responsibility
- rip-off
- romance
- romantic affair
- run around
- ruse
- scam
- seduction
- sell
- sexual activity
- sexual relationship outside of marriage
- shadiness
- shady deal
- shakedown
- sham
- sharp practice
- shell game
- shenanigans
- shiftiness
- silliness
- skullduggery
- skunk
- slyness
- smoke
- sneakiness
- snow job
- song
- song and dance
- sophistry
- spoof
- spuriousness
- stealing
- sting
- stratagem
- string
- stunt
- stupidity
- subject
- subterfuge
- surreptitiousness
- swindle
- swindling
- task
- thing
- thing together
- tommyrot
- topic
- toying
- treachery
- triangle
- trickery
- trickiness
- trouble
- tryst
- two-timing
- underhandedness
- unscrupulousness
- vandalism
- whitewash
- wiles
- wiliness
- working late at office
- wrong
Définition of hanky panky
Origin :- also hanky panky, 1841, "trickery," British slang, possibly a variant of hoky-poky "deception, fraud," altered from hocus-pocus.
- As in love affair : noun love relationship
- As in monkey business : noun shenanigans
- As in shenanigans : noun mischief
- As in extramarital affair : noun illicit sexual relationship
- As in business : noun personal concern
- As in cheat : noun trick
- As in chicanery : noun deception, trickery
- As in indirection : noun dishonesty
- As in shadiness : noun indirection
- As in shiftiness : noun indirection
- As in slyness : noun indirection
- As in sneakiness : noun indirection
- As in trickiness : noun indirection
- As in underhandedness : noun indirection
- As in victimization : noun cheat
- As in adultery : noun extramarital affair
- As in dalliance : noun love affair
- As in affair : noun illicit sexual relationship
- As in dishonesty : noun lying; unwillingness to tell the truth
- As in double-dealing : noun betrayal, cheating
- As in fraud : noun trickery, deception
- As in hanky-panky : noun monkey business
- Now I'll pay you what I think fit, and you'll take it and be satisfied, and no hanky panky.
- Extract from : « Australia Revenged » by Boomerang
- When you landed at Fremantle there was no hanky panky about you.
- Extract from : « The Second String » by Nat Gould
- Josh and Hanky Panky could talk of little else during the balance of that day.
- Extract from : « The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line » by Ralph Marlow
- Rod and Hanky Panky dashed up to the front of the house and stopped.
- Extract from : « The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line » by Ralph Marlow
- By this time Hanky Panky had been awakened, and heard the last words.
- Extract from : « The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line » by Ralph Marlow
- Even Hanky Panky could laugh now, once they were on the road again.
- Extract from : « The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line » by Ralph Marlow
- There was a sudden whoop from the rear, where Hanky Panky held his place.
- Extract from : « The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line » by Ralph Marlow
- So finally Rod, finding that Hanky Panky seemed of the same mind, consented to stay over for a week or two longer.
- Extract from : « The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line » by Ralph Marlow
- Perhaps he knew his auditors so well that he really anticipated what the effect would be upon both Josh and Hanky Panky.
- Extract from : « The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line » by Ralph Marlow
- Many times during the balance of that afternoon Josh and Hanky Panky referred to the business which they were about to undertake.
- Extract from : « The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line » by Ralph Marlow
Antonyms for hanky panky
- artlessness
- avocation
- constancy
- dislike
- entertainment
- fairness
- faithfulness
- fidelity
- forthrightness
- frankness
- gift
- goodness
- hastening
- hate
- hatred
- honesty
- honor
- hurrying
- indifference
- innocence
- irresponsibility
- justice
- loyalty
- openness
- peace
- push
- reality
- recreation
- rush
- scrupulousness
- sincerity
- trustworthiness
- truth
- truthfulness
- unemployment
- uprightness
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