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jinks

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jink  (jngk)
v. jinked, jink·ing, jinks
v.intr.
To make a quick, evasive turn: "He jinked every five seconds, and now brought his tank left again" (Tom Clancy).
v.tr.
To cause (a vehicle or an aircraft, for example) to make a quick, evasive turn.
n.
1. A quick, evasive turn.
2. jinks Rambunctious play; frolic.
[Origin unknown.]
jinks
Noun, pl
high jinks boisterous or mischievous behaviour [origin unknown]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.jinks - noisy and mischievous merrymaking
high jinks, high jinx, hijinks
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


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And I guess I haven't forgotten old days, when I hired them like so much dirt, yes, by Jinks, so much dirt, there were so many of them.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
But wait till they get to cutting up iv jinks and rowin' 'round.
The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context
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
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