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jiggery-pokery

jig·ger·y-pok·er·y
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [jig-uh-ree-poh-kuh-ree]
    • /ˈdʒɪg ə riˈpoʊ kə ri/
    • /ˌdʒɪ.ɡə.rɪ ˈpəʊk.ə.ri/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [jig-uh-ree-poh-kuh-ree]
    • /ˈdʒɪg ə riˈpoʊ kə ri/

Definitions of jiggery-pokery word

  • noun jiggery-pokery trickery, hocus-pocus; fraud; humbug. 1
  • noun jiggery-pokery sly, underhanded action. 1
  • noun jiggery-pokery manipulation: After a little jiggery-pokery, the engine started. 1
  • uncountable noun jiggery-pokery If you describe behaviour as jiggery-pokery, you mean that it involves tricking people or being dishonest. 0
  • noun jiggery-pokery dishonest or deceitful behaviour or business; trickery 0
  • noun jiggery-pokery trickery or deception; hanky-panky 0
See all 9 definitions of jiggery-pokery

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Origin of jiggery-pokery

First appearance:

before 1890
One of the 20% newest English words
1890-95; alteration of joukery-pawkery. See jouk, pawky, -ery

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Parts of speech for Jiggery-pokery

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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jiggery-pokery popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 5% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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