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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Last year’s installment, V/H/S/Beyond, tweaked the genre instead of the era, putting an explicitly sci-fi spin on the horror high jinks.
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
The Butthole Surfers—their name, high jinks, and toilet paper stagecraft aside—were a rigorous, conceptual band.
—Pat Blashill, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
That means our television screens will soon be graced with more of Barrymore’s hilarious high jinks, emotional heart-to-hearts, and (hopefully) walks down memory lane with some of her famous pals.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 21 Aug. 2025
The incident occurred during Perry's first Detroit visit in eight years as part of her global Lifetimes Tour.
Katy Perry didn’t wait long Sunday night to get the wacky performance high jinks going at Little Caesars Arena.
—Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
The Butthole Surfers—their name, high jinks, and toilet paper stagecraft aside—were a rigorous, conceptual band.
—Pat Blashill, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
That means our television screens will soon be graced with more of Barrymore’s hilarious high jinks, emotional heart-to-hearts, and (hopefully) walks down memory lane with some of her famous pals.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 21 Aug. 2025
The incident occurred during Perry's first Detroit visit in eight years as part of her global Lifetimes Tour.
Katy Perry didn’t wait long Sunday night to get the wacky performance high jinks going at Little Caesars Arena.
—Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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“High jinks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20jinks. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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