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1 usually shenanigans plural
playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm
- students engaging in youthful shenanigans on the last day of school
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2 usually shenanigans plural
wildly playful or mischievous behavior
- an act of vandalism that went way beyond the usual shenanigans at summer camp
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- boisterousness,
- rambunctiousness,
- rowdiness,
- rowdyism,
- rumbustiousness
- [chiefly British]
3
a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end
- the street-corner huckster of pirated DVDs had all sorts of shenanigans to keep the cops off of his tail
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The first known use of shenanigan was in 1854
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