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high jinks

Or ·ᾱ԰

[hahy-jingks]

noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. boisterous celebration or merrymaking; unrestrained fun.

    The city is full of conventioneers indulging in their usual high jinks.

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high jinks

/ ˈɪˌɪŋ /

noun

  1. 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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of high jinks1

First recorded in 1760–70; jink
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Idioms and Phrases

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.
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McDonald is game for the high jinks but doesn’t always seem natural gamboling about the stage.

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The evening was a test for comedy, decorum, free speech and what kind of comedic high jinks the new Trump-appointed administration of the Washington center would tolerate.

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The camera hurls itself into the high jinks, slamming itself back and forth at the same cadence as Nathan’s concussions.

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We know the brutality isn’t really happening, so we go along with the vicious high jinks.

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The audience at the Saturday matinee audience I attended was filled with young people who seemed delighted by the rambunctious high jinks.

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