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hanky-panking

hanky-panking is the present participle and gerund of hanky-pank.

Meaning of hanky-pank

Verb

hanky-pank (third-person singular simple present hanky-panks, present participle hanky-panking, simple past and past participle hanky-panked)

  1. To engage in hanky-panky.
    • He knew why he was so deeply angry: this situation had corrupted a fine young engineer, had lost him to the profession, while he, Drew, had hanky-panked with the enemy in the deluded belief that the conflict was not real.1970, Borden Deal -, Interstate, page 362

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Questions about hanky-panking

What is hanky-panking the present participle and gerund of?
Hanky-panking is the present participle and gerund of hanky-pank.

Words near hanky-panking in the dictionary

  1. hanky pankies
  2. hanky panky
  3. hanky-pank
  4. hanky-panked
  5. hanky-pankies
  6. hanky-panking
  7. hanky-panks
  8. hanky-panky
  9. hanky-twist
  10. hanky-twisted
  11. hanky-twisting

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