Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jiggery-pokery

/ˌdʒɪɡ.ɚ.iˈpoʊ.kɚ.i/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: jig-gery-pok-ery
IPA: /ˌdʒɪɡ.ɚ.iˈpoʊ.kɚ.i/

34

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Trickery or misrepresentation.

Uncountable

noun

Uncountable

noun

Sexual intercourse.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"'Jiggery-pokery,' said Helena, 'you talk jiggery-pokery. Stop it, can't you?'"
"Much as 'off-balance sheet' jiggery-pokery and other 'creative accounting' allowed banks to get away with false impressions of their true financial position..."
"...under the present law, the averages were made up so faithfully and fairly as to prevent any jiggery-pokery."
"...what my friend Singleton calls "rigging, cornering, and general jiggery-pokery methods,"..."
"Indeed, there was some highly questionable jiggery-pokery with couplings and continuous brakes in this agreeable story, which featured Moore Marriott as an old driver who averts a disaster on his last run."
"The hon. Member for Dover is suggesting that if all the facts were revealed, there would be less danger of people thinking that there was jiggery-pokery."

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots joukery-pawkery (“trickery; deceit”) Attested in English since the nineteenth century. The earliest known use was in the Berkshire Chronicle in 1845.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌdʒɪɡ.ɚ.iˈpoʊ.kɚ.i/
British English: /ˌdʒɪɡ.ə.ɹiˈpəʊ.kə.ɹi/

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

hanky-panky skulduggery trickery copulation hocus-pocus slickness hanky panky skullduggery

Questions

How do you pronounce jiggery-pokery?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌdʒɪɡ.ɚ.iˈpoʊ.kɚ.i/.
What does jiggery-pokery mean?: Trickery or misrepresentation.
Where does jiggery-pokery come from?: Borrowed from Scots joukery-pawkery (“trickery; deceit”) Attested in English since the nineteenth century. The earliest known use was in the Berkshire Chronicle in 1845.

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