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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Like previous entries in the series, Persona 3 is part dating sim, part Pokémon-style monster battler, but compared to the heist-movie high jinks of 5 or the eternal summer vacation of 4, the game that first popularized the franchise overseas is a tad darker.
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Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
McDonald is game for the high jinks but doesn’t always seem natural gamboling about the stage.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was born out of the landscape of early animation, owing as much to the era’s high jinks–centric shorts as to the Brothers Grimm.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Nothing that happens next is unexpected, but The Other Two has some passable high jinks and earnest emotion when Will realizes that everybody seems to like his clone better than him because Twoie’s putting in the work and trying.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
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Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
McDonald is game for the high jinks but doesn’t always seem natural gamboling about the stage.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was born out of the landscape of early animation, owing as much to the era’s high jinks–centric shorts as to the Brothers Grimm.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Nothing that happens next is unexpected, but The Other Two has some passable high jinks and earnest emotion when Will realizes that everybody seems to like his clone better than him because Twoie’s putting in the work and trying.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 6 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 16 Apr. 2025.
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