high jinks
or hi·jinks
boisterous celebration or merrymaking; unrestrained fun: The city is full of conventioneers indulging in their usual high jinks.
Origin of high jinks
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How to use high jinks in a sentence
An oblique view of baseball full of hijinks, havoc, and humor, this is fandom to the extreme.
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Florida is well known for crazy hijinks, but the Sunshine State may have outdone itself this time.
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British Dictionary definitions for high jinks
hijinks
/ (ˈhaɪˌdʒɪŋks) /
lively enjoyment
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with high jinks
Playful or rowdy activity, often involving mischievous pranks. For example, All sorts of high jinks go on at summer camp after “lights out.” About 1700 this term denoted a gambling game accompanied by much drinking, but by the mid-1800s it acquired its present meaning.
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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