high jinks

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high jinks or hi·jinks (h

nks

)

pl.n.

Playful, often noisy and rowdy activity, usually involving mischievous pranks.

high jinks, hijinks [ˈhaɪˌdʒɪŋks]

lively enjoyment

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Noun

high jinks - noisy and mischievous merrymaking

high jinx, hijinks, jinks

jollification, merrymaking, conviviality - a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity

plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

high jinks

plural noun fun and games, sport, spree, junketing, revelry, skylarking (informal), jollity, horseplay, merrymaking Their annual parties are notorious for high jinks.

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high jinks [ˈhaɪˌdʒɪŋks] npl to have high jinks (fam) → far baldoria

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caper conviviality frolic fun high high jinx hijinks horseplay jinks jollification merrymaking mischief plural plural form revelry			This amusement is superintended by the Friar, according to the recurrence of certain fustian words, to be repeated by every compotator in turn before he drank---a species of High Jinks, as it were, by which they regulated their potations, as toasts were given in latter times. Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context There he found the eleven at high jinks after supper, Jack Raggles shouting comic songs and performing feats of strength, and was greeted by a chorus of mingled remonstrance at his desertion and joy at his reappearance. Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context			High Dam high day high definition television high density airspace control zone high dudgeon high energy physics high explosive high explosive cargo high fashion High festival high fidelity high fidelity sound system high finance High five high frequency high gear High German high ground high hat high heels High Holiday High Holidays High Holy Day high horse high hurdles high jinks high jinx high jump High latitude high life High liver High living high mallow High Mass High milling high muckamuck high noon high oblique high on the hog high pitch high place high places High Point high priest high priestess high profile high quality high relief High Renaissance high road high roller			High Intensity Runway Light High Intensity Runway Lighting System High Intensity Runway Operations High Intensity Signal High Intensity Step-Up Lighting High Intensity Strobe Light High Intensity Substance Abuse Program High intensity training High Intensity Transient Signals High Intensity War High Intensity Zone high interest High Interest Deposit Bond High Interest Grid High Interest Money Market Account High Interest Target High Interest Target List High Interest Track High Interest Vessel High Internal Phase Emulsion High Internal Phase Ratio Emulsion High Iron Diamine Alcian Blue High Iron Diamine and Alcian Blue High Island Offshore System, LLC high jinks high jinx High Jugular Bulb high jump high jump high jump high jump high jumper high jumper high jumper high jumpers high jumpers high jumpers high K and high glutathione high K and low glutathione High key high kilovoltage radiograph high kilovoltage radiograph high kilovoltage radiograph High kirk High kirk High Knoll Equestrian Center high kVp technique high kVp technique high kVp technique high kVp technique high labial arch high labial arch high labial arch high labial arch high labial arch

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