high jinks
plural noun
variants
or less commonly hijinks
: boisterous or rambunctious carryings-on : carefree antics or horseplay
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The finale alone gave us a wealth of high jinks independent of the trial featuring the anti-Larry character witnesses.
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Esther Zuckerman, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
In a film propelled by high jinks, the gag that stays with us the longest is Jamie’s accent.
—New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
The resulting series of escalating high jinks, which includes the use of blowfish poison, verges on the farcical, but the novel’s major chord is one of rueful longing.
—The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Catherine’s horrifying experience is obviously there as ballast to anchor (and condemn) Chanel’s high jinks.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
So get your popcorn ready for some major high jinks.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2023
Pro-war culture crusaders excoriated celebrities for engaging in erotic high jinks in scanty attire at a trendy Moscow club while Russian troops died on the front.
—Paul Sonne, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
Readers will be particularly charmed by the high jinks of the senior sisters, whose joie de vivre makes this book memorable.
—Karen MacPherson, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024
Imagine the high jinks this boy and this toy will get into.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024
Esther Zuckerman, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
In a film propelled by high jinks, the gag that stays with us the longest is Jamie’s accent.
—New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
The resulting series of escalating high jinks, which includes the use of blowfish poison, verges on the farcical, but the novel’s major chord is one of rueful longing.
—The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Catherine’s horrifying experience is obviously there as ballast to anchor (and condemn) Chanel’s high jinks.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
So get your popcorn ready for some major high jinks.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2023
Pro-war culture crusaders excoriated celebrities for engaging in erotic high jinks in scanty attire at a trendy Moscow club while Russian troops died on the front.
—Paul Sonne, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
Readers will be particularly charmed by the high jinks of the senior sisters, whose joie de vivre makes this book memorable.
—Karen MacPherson, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024
Imagine the high jinks this boy and this toy will get into.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024
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“High jinks.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20jinks. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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