Jiggery-pokery

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ËŒdʒɪɡ.É™.ɹiˈpəʊ.kÉ™.ɹi/
• GenAm IPA: /ËŒdʒɪɡ.Éš.iˈpoÊŠ.kÉš.i/

Origin

From Scots joukery-pawkery "trickery; deceit". Attested in English since the nineteenth century.

Full definition of jiggery-pokery

Noun

1. Trickery or misrepresentation.
2. Manipulation.
• 1892, Philip Stanhope, Lightning (journal), Letter XXVII:...what my friend Singleton calls "rigging, cornering, and general jiggery-pokery methods,"...
3. (euphemism) Sexual intercourse.

Synonyms

• (trickery) hanky-panky, skulduggery, trickery