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high jinks
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Synonyms of high jinks
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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Words Related to high jinks
- boisterousness,
- rambunctiousness,
- rowdiness,
- rowdyism,
- rumbustiousness
- [chiefly British]
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“High jinks.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20jinks. Accessed 10 December 2019.
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The first known use of high jinks was in 1825
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