high jinks
plural noun
variants
or less commonly hijinks
: boisterous or rambunctious carryings-on : carefree antics or horseplay
Examples of high jinks in a Sentence
despite the team's dismal record, the players have won over many fans with their exuberant high jinks
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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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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
There, Elliot and Ridley pull up with a small motionless unicorn in the car that soon proves very much alive; high jinks ensue with enough scrambling silliness to suggest that Scharfman is also familiar with Abbott and Costello.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
During Modern Family’s side-splitting 11-year run, there were numerous episodes filled with high jinks and all-out dysfunction.
—Demarco Williams, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Come for all the doggie high jinks – thanks to a ton of animatronic animals and a John Hughes screenplay – and stay for Close getting dunked in a vat of molasses.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
There, Elliot and Ridley pull up with a small motionless unicorn in the car that soon proves very much alive; high jinks ensue with enough scrambling silliness to suggest that Scharfman is also familiar with Abbott and Costello.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
During Modern Family’s side-splitting 11-year run, there were numerous episodes filled with high jinks and all-out dysfunction.
—Demarco Williams, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Come for all the doggie high jinks – thanks to a ton of animatronic animals and a John Hughes screenplay – and stay for Close getting dunked in a vat of molasses.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for high jinks
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“High jinks.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20jinks. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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