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monkeyshine

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noun mon·key·shine \ ˈməŋ-kē-ˌshīn \

Definition of monkeyshine

:mischievous or playful activity :prank —usually used in plural

grew tired of all the monkeyshines in his classroom

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Examples of monkeyshine in a Sentence

hockey players who are known for their monkeyshines on and off the ice
on the alert for paleontological monkeyshines ever since the unmasking of Piltdown man

First Known Use of monkeyshine

circa 1832

monkeyshine Synonyms

Synonyms

buffoonery, clownery, clowning, foolery, high jinks (also hijinks), horsing around, monkey business, monkeying, monkeyshine (s), roughhouse, roughhousing, shenanigan (s), skylarking, slapstick, tomfoolery

Related Words

childishness, clownishness, foolishness, funning, jesting, joking, nonsense, silliness, waggery; boisterousness, rambunctiousness, rowdiness, rowdyism, rumbustiousness [chiefly British]; devilry (or deviltry), impishness, knavery, mischief, mischievousness, prankishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, trickery; cavorting, frivolity, frolicking, gamboling (or gambolling), merrymaking, playfulness, revelry, roistering, romping, sporting, sportiveness

MONKEYSHINE Defined for Kids

monkeyshine

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noun mon·key·shine \ ˈməŋ-kē-ˌshīn \

Definition of monkeyshine for Students

:prank —usually used in pl.

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