hinky

Acting suspiciously; strange, unusual; acting in a manner as if having something to hide, or seemingly crooked.

I thought he might be acting hinky.

There's nothing hinky about this.

Suspicious (of something).

I think they get hinky if everything is shaking around and they can't see much.

Lots of folks are hinky about removing ANY "safety" feature from a firearm.

Dishonest; sketchy; shady

Weird; nonstandard.

1968 Sept 21: Officer Pete Malloy, as written by Jack Webb, intuiting that a citizen’s report of burglars casing the neighborhood is probably legitimate, Adam-12, Season 1, Episode 1 at 9:32, http://www.imdb.com/rg/VIDEO_PLAY/LINK//video/hulu/vi4018208793/ This [call] shouldn’t be hinky – I’ve got a hunch they’re still floating around.

1995 Feb 1: Gharlane of Eddore, Re: E2 is great SF, rec.arts.sf.tv, http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf.tv/msg/b4020dab6031f759?dmode=source&hl=en So either they've got a *really* hinky space drive, or they're just just plain fat-assed lard-brained idiots with delusions of competence.

Unreliable; wonky