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high jinks
[hahy-jingks]
noun
boisterous celebration or merrymaking; unrestrained fun.
The city is full of conventioneers indulging in their usual high jinks.
Synonyms:
high jinks
/ ˈɪˌɪŋ /
noun
lively enjoyment
Word History and Origins
Origin of high jinks1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
McDonald is game for the high jinks but doesn’t always seem natural gamboling about the stage.
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.
The camera hurls itself into the high jinks, slamming itself back and forth at the same cadence as Nathan’s concussions.
We know the brutality isn’t really happening, so we go along with the vicious high jinks.
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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