All hokey-pokey synonyms
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H h noun hokey-pokey
- amour β An amour is a love affair, especially one which is kept secret.
- chicanery β Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people.
- dalliance β If two people have a brief romantic relationship, you can say that they have a dalliance with each other, especially if they do not take it seriously.
- deception β Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
- dirty pool β unethical, unfair, or unsportsmanlike conduct.
- double-dealing β duplicity; treachery; deception.
- fling β to throw, cast, or hurl with force or violence: to fling a stone.
- flirtation β the act or practice of flirting; coquetry.
- fraud β deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
- liaison β the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
- love affair β a romantic relationship or episode between lovers; an amour.
- mischief β conduct or activity that playfully causes petty annoyance.
- monkey business β frivolous or mischievous behavior.
- romance β Music. a short, simple melody, vocal or instrumental, of tender character.
- shenanigans β Usually, shenanigans. mischief; prankishness: Halloween shenanigans. deceit; trickery.
- skullduggery β skulduggery.
- subterfuge β an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.
- trickery β the use or practice of tricks or stratagems to deceive; artifice; deception.
- devilry β reckless or malicious fun or mischief
- chicane β a bridge or whist hand without trumps
- funny business β improper or unethical conduct, as deception or trickery: He won't stand for any funny business here.
- knavery β action or practice characteristic of a knave.
- machinations β an act or instance of machinating.
- sharp practice β You can use sharp practice to refer to an action or a way of behaving, especially in business or professional matters, that you think is clever but dishonest.
- absurdity β the quality or state of being absurd; nonsense
- disobedience β lack of obedience or refusal to comply; disregard or transgression.
- foolishness β resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech.
- hanky-panky β unethical behavior; deceit: When the bank teller bought an expensive car and house, they suspected there might be some hanky-panky going on.
- high jinks β boisterous celebration or merrymaking; unrestrained fun: The city is full of conventioneers indulging in their usual high jinks.
- horseplay β rough or boisterous play or pranks.
- inanity β lack of sense, significance, or ideas; silliness.
- insanity β the condition of being insane; a derangement of the mind. Synonyms: dementia, lunacy, madness, craziness, mania, aberration.
- lunacy β insanity; mental disorder.
- misbehavior β improper, inappropriate, or bad behavior.
- monkeyshine β Usually, monkeyshines. a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.
- nonsense β words or language having little or no sense or meaning.
- poppycock β nonsense; bosh.
- prank β a trick of an amusing, playful, or sometimes malicious nature.
- silliness β weak-minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish: a silly writer.
- stupidity β the state, quality, or fact of being stupid.
- craziness β mentally deranged; demented; insane.
- ludicrous β causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable: a ludicrous lack of efficiency.
- tommyrot β nonsense; utter foolishness.
- absurdness β utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false: an absurd explanation.
- antics β Antics are funny, silly, or unusual ways of behaving.
- buffoonery β Buffoonery is foolish behaviour that makes you laugh.
- carrying-on β unconventional or questionable behaviour
- foolery β foolish action or conduct.
- irresponsibility β said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
- mischief-maker β a person who causes mischief, especially one who stirs up discord, as by talebearing.