Thesaurus results for HIJINKS

high jinks

plural noun

ˈhī-ˌjiŋks

variants 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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Recent Examples of high jinks The black bear’s behavioral profile in the area—ranging from high jinks to a gruesome first, for California—turned out to be symptoms of a problem with humans. —

Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024 To the casual observer, these few big-ticket sales and shock-value stunts suggest auctions are relentless high jinks and action, but sadly this is not the case. —

George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 27 Nov. 2024 These sunny, humorous films with romantic subplots and comic high jinks found a starting point with this surprise fan favorite. —

Christina Newland, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024 No one can truly appreciate the magnitude of Jim's high jinks until taking a look at Dwight's complaint files. —

Gretchen Hansen, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for high jinks