hinky

corrupt or faulty

The PDF would not open for some people because the file was hinky.

by Todd Mattson May 7, 2004

hinky

Adjective: To simultaneously act odd, insecure, jumpy, untrusting, and suspicious.

If he's THAT hinky NOW, imagine what he'll be like to work with!

by w5 February 23, 2005

hinky

Hinky is short for hinc illae lacrimae.

Etymology: Latin
: hence those tears

The mainframe is hinky today.

by mole June 14, 2004

hinky

(Alkaloid slang) Cool in a weird way. Or weird in a cool way. Most scouts pronounce it "hink" and spell it "hinque". If something is superlatively hinque, it is said to be the tontay.

Let's play "hinky chess".

by Brock Guilfoyle July 26, 2008

hinky

An olfactory description with regards to the smell of garbage truck juice.

Used by a girlfriend once to describe the smell eminating from my apartment.

"Oh my GOD it smells straight-up HINKY in here!"

by Scoopzilla June 17, 2004

hinky

To mean something is awesomely cool

Thats so hinky = thats so cool

by £óZzißåbË July 31, 2005

hinky

Also spelled Heinke. A family in the town I grew up in. The token hill-billes. Backwards or slow. Dirty as in poor or impoverished. Tattered clothes.Mentally underdeveloped.

A rickety house with trash and junk in the yard might pompt the remark.."Oh, that's hinky."

by aeon422 December 15, 2010