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plural of monkeyshine
Synonyms of monkeyshines
1
wildly playful or mischievous behavior
- hockey players who are known for their monkeyshines on and off the ice
Synonyms for monkeyshines
Words Related to monkeyshines
- boisterousness,
- rambunctiousness,
- rowdiness,
- rowdyism,
- rumbustiousness
- [chiefly British]
2
a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke
- on the alert for paleontological monkeyshines ever since the unmasking of Piltdown man
Synonyms for monkeyshines
Words Related to monkeyshines
- adventure,
- experience,
- game,
- lark,
- time
- high jinks
- (also hijinks),
- horseplay,
- play,
- roughhousing,
- rowdyism
- deed,
- feat,
- mission,
- performance,
- stunt
- deceit,
- deception,
- delusion,
- fooling,
- fraud,
- hanky-panky,
- hoodwinking,
- ruse,
- sham,
- stratagem,
- subterfuge,
- trickery,
- wile
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“Monkeyshines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monkeyshines. Accessed 20 Sep. 2021.
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