hinky

Significat (Anglès)

1. (colloquial) Acting suspiciously; strange, unusual; acting in a manner as if having something to hide, or seemingly crooked.
2. (colloquial) Suspicious (of something).
3. (colloquial) Dishonest; sketchy; shady
4. (colloquial, derogatory) Weird; nonstandard.
5. (colloquial) Unreliable; wonky
6. (colloquial) Snobbish; haughty

Conceptes

estrany

👽

estrany/a

extravagant

rar/a,

insòlit

inusitat

Sinònims

odd

bizarre

eerie

freakish

out of the ordinary

queer as a clockwork orange

spooky

strange

supernatural

uncanny

unearthly

unusual

unwonted

weird

unheimlich

alien

👽

weirdsome

Traduccions

ungewöhnlich

estranho

bizar

acayip

komisch

sonderbar

merkwürdig

bizarre

vreemd

kurios

bizarr

seltsam

ungewohnt

unheimlich

schrullig

Etimologia (Anglès)

Possibly from obsolete Scots hink, from Old Norse hinka (“to limp or hobble”), probably not from Old English inca (“doubt; suspicion”). Possibly from hank (“a loop or coil or anything that curbs or restrains”). Possibly from African-American usage: hincty or hinkty.