hinky

Meaning

Adjective

• Acting suspiciously; strange, unusual; acting in a manner as if having something to hide, or seemingly crooked.
• Suspicious (of something).
• dishonest; sketchy; shady
• Weird; nonstandard.
• unreliable; wonky
• snobbish; haughty

Origin

• Possibly from obsolete Scots hink, from Old Norse hinka ("to limp or hobble"), probably not from . Possibly from hank. Possibly from African-American usage: hincty or hinkty.