jiggery-pokery

Noun

Meaning

verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

jiggery pokery

Synonyms

trickery skulduggery hocus-pocus slickness congress commerce consummation craft conjunction fraud coupling deception cheating deceit cunning

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Antonyms

honesty fairness sincerity frankness naivety avocation

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Hypernyms

deception deceit misrepresentation

Examples

Members of the club pledged not to conceal vital clues from the reader and make no use of “Divine Revelation, Feminine Intuition, Mumbo Jumbo, Jiggery-Pokery, Coincidence, or Act of God.” Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

jiggerman jiggermast jiggers man jigget jiggety jigginess