high jinks
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Synonyms for high jinks
Synonyms
buffoonery, clownery, clowning, foolery, horseplay, horsing around, monkey business, monkeying, monkeyshine(s), roughhouse, roughhousing, shenanigan(s), skylarking, slapstick, tomfoolery
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Clay’s previous high jinks include destroying Trump’s star last July. — Jaclyn Cosgrove, latimes.com, "Glendale man admits to stealing Marilyn Monroe statue," 9 July 2019 Only a small group of Tamalpais High School’s 1,600 students take part in this ritual of brash high jinks, bluster and teenage torment. — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, "‘Hook up with an eighth grader’: Mill Valley high school students in hot water over to-do list," 7 June 2019 And the unbearable cuteness and sexiness of Cardi, a raunchy L.O.L. doll, quickly erases those moments, drowning them in adorable high jinks. — Harper's BAZAAR, "Cardi B Opens Up About Her "Rags to Riches" Cinderella Story," 7 Feb. 2019 Hawk spent thousands to produce Saturdays, a 45-minute movie released in 2017 that highlights not only the skaters’ abilities but also their on-the-road high jinks and old-school camaraderie. — Jacob Feldman, SI.com, "How Does an Action Sports Superstar Age? Tony Hawk Is Figuring It Out on the Fly," 2 July 2018 But as the Royals argued, such high jinks are part of the essential character of attending a game in person today. — Randy Maniloff, WSJ, "Flying Hot Dogs Make Bad Law," 26 June 2018 The stand is famous, or infamous, for its late night high jinks, where the staff intentionally makes fun of customers for the enjoyment of all. — Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, "Wiener's Circle may have to move, as landlord prepares to sell property," 26 June 2018 These were the guiding principles of Rogers’s homespun program, which eschewed the kinetic high jinks of so much of kids’ television (Rogers apparently hated superheroes). — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, "Won’t You Be My Neighbor?," 14 June 2018 Hal goes through the motions of the deception his buddy Poins (Chris Rivera) has devised to play on Falstaff, who is forced into a hilly wooded area on the VA campus just beyond the stage when the high jinks go into overdrive. — Charles Mcnulty, latimes.com, "Tom Hanks, Hamish Linklater and a 'Henry IV' worthy of applause," 10 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'high jinks.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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