high jinks
plural noun
variants
or less commonly hijinks
: boisterous or rambunctious carryings-on : carefree antics or horseplay
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despite the team's dismal record, the players have won over many fans with their exuberant high jinks
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Image Out in the field, over decades, the sculpture was subjected to the elements — and campus high jinks.
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Mary Logan Bikoff, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Advertisement The humor still tickles, especially when the score by Mary Rodgers (music) and Barer (lyrics) accelerates the high jinks.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Employers and other health care payers despise PBMs’ lack of transparency; pharmacies complain their high jinks are driving them out of business.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2025
Out in the field, over decades, the sculpture was subjected to the elements — and campus high jinks.
—Mary Logan Bikoff, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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Mary Logan Bikoff, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Advertisement The humor still tickles, especially when the score by Mary Rodgers (music) and Barer (lyrics) accelerates the high jinks.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Employers and other health care payers despise PBMs’ lack of transparency; pharmacies complain their high jinks are driving them out of business.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2025
Out in the field, over decades, the sculpture was subjected to the elements — and campus high jinks.
—Mary Logan Bikoff, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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“High jinks.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20jinks. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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