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high jinks

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high jinks or hi·jinks  (hjnks)
pl.n.
Playful, often noisy and rowdy activity, usually involving mischievous pranks.
high jinks, hijinks [ˈhaɪˌdʒɪŋks]
n
lively enjoyment
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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.
Translations
high jinks [ˈhaɪˌdʒɪŋks] npl to have high jinks (fam) → far baldoria
high jinks [ˈhaɪˌdʒɪŋks] npl to have high jinks (fam) → far baldoria


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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
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