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also hijinks
as in joking
wildly playful or mischievous behavior
despite the team's dismal record, the players have won over many fans with their exuberant high jinks
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But fans who come for the show’s trademark rich-people-behaving-badly high jinks are in for a lot more this time.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 Feb. 2025
Like previous entries in the series, Persona 3 is part dating sim, part Pokémon-style monster battler, but compared to the heist-movie high jinks of 5 or the eternal summer vacation of 4, the game that first popularized the franchise overseas is a tad darker.
—Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
McDonald is game for the high jinks but doesn’t always seem natural gamboling about the stage.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was born out of the landscape of early animation, owing as much to the era’s high jinks–centric shorts as to the Brothers Grimm.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 Feb. 2025
Like previous entries in the series, Persona 3 is part dating sim, part Pokémon-style monster battler, but compared to the heist-movie high jinks of 5 or the eternal summer vacation of 4, the game that first popularized the franchise overseas is a tad darker.
—Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
McDonald is game for the high jinks but doesn’t always seem natural gamboling about the stage.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was born out of the landscape of early animation, owing as much to the era’s high jinks–centric shorts as to the Brothers Grimm.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
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“High jinks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20jinks. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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