Usually means: Mischievous or deceitful behavior or activity.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word hanky-panky:

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  1. hanky-panky: Merriam-Webster
  2. hanky-panky: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hanky-panky: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hanky-panky, hanky-panky: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hanky-panky: Wordnik
  6. hanky-panky: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. hanky-panky: Wiktionary
  8. hanky-panky: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. hanky-panky: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. hanky-panky: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. hanky-panky: Dictionary.com
  12. hanky-panky: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. hanky-panky: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Hanky-panky: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. hanky-panky: FreeDictionary.org
  16. hanky-panky: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. Hanky-panky: Phrase Finder

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  1. hanky-panky: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. hanky-panky: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. hanky-panky: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Mischievous behaviour, dishonest or shady activity.
noun:  Amorous behaviour, smooching, making out, necking, sex or other sexual activity, especially if illicit.
noun:  A debaucherous act; a sexual act that is considered inappropriate.

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