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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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And the professional basketball front office proves a fertile ground for comfortably low-stakes sitcom high jinks, particularly when a loose-cannon player (Chet Hanks) starts making a mess of the Waves' public image.
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Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Image Out in the field, over decades, the sculpture was subjected to the elements — and campus high jinks.
—Mary Logan Bikoff, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Advertisement The humor still tickles, especially when the score by Mary Rodgers (music) and Barer (lyrics) accelerates the high jinks.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Employers and other health care payers despise PBMs’ lack of transparency; pharmacies complain their high jinks are driving them out of business.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2025
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Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Image Out in the field, over decades, the sculpture was subjected to the elements — and campus high jinks.
—Mary Logan Bikoff, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Advertisement The humor still tickles, especially when the score by Mary Rodgers (music) and Barer (lyrics) accelerates the high jinks.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Employers and other health care payers despise PBMs’ lack of transparency; pharmacies complain their high jinks are driving them out of business.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2025
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“High jinks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20jinks. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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