jiggery-pokery
інтриги, підступи
мошенничество, надувательство
Trickery or misrepresentationTrickery or misrepresentation.
UK/ˌdʒɪɡ.ə.ɹiˈpəʊ.kə.ɹi/US/ˌdʒɪɡ.ɚ.iˈpoʊ.kɚ.i/
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)Trickery or misrepresentation.
моше́нничествоmošénničestvo, надувательствоnaduvatelʹstvo
інтригиintryhy, підступиpidstupy
(uncountable)Manipulation.
(euphemistic, uncountable)Sexual intercourse.
More definitions
- verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
Translations
4 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
trickery or misrepresentation:
Русский
By meaning 1
trickery or misrepresentation:
Origin
Borrowed from Scots joukery-pawkery (“trickery; deceit”) Attested in English since the ninBorrowed from Scots joukery-pawkery (“trickery; deceit”) Attested in English since the nineteenth century. The earliest known use was in the Berkshire Chronicle in 1845.
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Synonyms
8 synonymstrickery:hanky-pankyskulduggerytrickery
sexual intercourse:copulation
Close in meaning
- verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way:trickeryhocus-pocusslicknesshanky pankyskulduggeryskullduggery
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable