high jinks
noun
boisterous celebration or merrymaking; unrestrained fun.
hijinks
-
a variation of
high jinks.
Example Sentences
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And with the bowl season starting Saturday, football fans can expect plenty of such hijinks, especially in games scheduled around the holidays.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 12, 2025
Over the past quarter-century, however, a greater focus on corporate governance and a new investor appreciation of return on capital helped limit management hijinks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025
Sam Bankman-Fried, a onetime rival of Zhao’s, has been behind bars since the summer of 2023, when the judge presiding over his trial ordered him jailed over pretrial hijinks.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2025
I can’t say which attitude is more true to military life, but I would hazard — would hope — that hijinks and shenanigans are not unknown there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024
By far the major portion of the book was devoted to spinsterish discourses on prison life—bad food, hijinks in the exercise yard, tedious little jailbird hobbies.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
