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Definition of high jinks in English: high jinks(also hijinks) plural nounˈhʌɪ dʒɪŋksˈhaɪ ˌdʒɪŋks Boisterous fun. 狂欢作乐 high jinks behind the wheel of a car 驾车狂欢。 Example sentencesExamples - It smelt in the worst way of public-school high jinks and I knew what the boys back home would think.
- Al Pacino and Colin Farrell team up for some high jinks as a spy master and student in this intriguing thriller about the secret intelligence service.
- Their train ground to a halt en route through France when, in an early example of sporting high jinks, one of the party pulled the communication cord.
- A rugby club dinner results in considerable damage to a hotel; is this high jinks or serious hooliganism?
- Bollywood's over-the-top high jinks have fascinated audiences from the Far East to the Middle East to Russia, and now even the West is coming under its spell.
- When I heard they had nominated me I thought it was just a bit of high jinks.
- Of course, teachers responded to his pranks and high jinks with wrath and hours of detention.
- Dynamic duo Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson return for some more high jinks in this entertaining if fairly predictable action comedy sequel.
- And, of course, it's laughter all the way with comedy kings, Nicky Cummins and Davy Sutton up to their usual high jinks.
- He played down the behaviour of his Republic of Ireland teammates after a night of high jinks landed them in court.
- Fears that two toddlers had gone missing from Leapfrog Nursery on Tuesday night turned out to be a case of high jinks when the children were found safe hiding in a cupboard.
- According to Park, in keeping with the show being held on April Fool's Day, the audience can look forward to comic high jinks before the concert begins.
- If there are computers there, I'll keep you posted with news of my high jinks and frolics.
- The thrilling high jinks of last weekend had the crowd anticipating similarly spectacular bursts of action.
- It would have taken far more than a few drunken high jinks to spoil our evening.
- These are not acts of youthful high jinks and the explosives are not the ‘penny bangers’ of my youth.
- He was out socialising with friends in Baltinglass on Sunday night during the bank holiday weekend when good-humored high jinks resulted in the tragic fall.
- The inquest heard how the fatal accident had been the result of late-night high jinks that turned so horribly wrong.
- ‘I didn't have any leftover time,’ she recalled tartly, ‘for high jinks.’
- There's no witty anecdotes to relate from the office, no high jinks to speak of.
Synonyms antics, pranks, larks, escapades, stunts, practical jokes, tricks, romps, frolics fun, fun and games, skylarking, mischief, horseplay, silliness, foolish behaviour, tomfoolery, foolery, clowning, buffoonery informal shenanigans, capers British informal monkey tricks, monkey business North American informal didoes archaic harlequinades
OriginLate 17th century: see jink. Definition of high jinks in US English: high jinks(also hijinks) plural nounˈhī ˌjiNGksˈhaɪ ˌdʒɪŋks Boisterous fun. 狂欢作乐 high jinks behind the wheel of a car 驾车狂欢。 Example sentencesExamples - Their train ground to a halt en route through France when, in an early example of sporting high jinks, one of the party pulled the communication cord.
- It smelt in the worst way of public-school high jinks and I knew what the boys back home would think.
- And, of course, it's laughter all the way with comedy kings, Nicky Cummins and Davy Sutton up to their usual high jinks.
- Bollywood's over-the-top high jinks have fascinated audiences from the Far East to the Middle East to Russia, and now even the West is coming under its spell.
- Al Pacino and Colin Farrell team up for some high jinks as a spy master and student in this intriguing thriller about the secret intelligence service.
- Fears that two toddlers had gone missing from Leapfrog Nursery on Tuesday night turned out to be a case of high jinks when the children were found safe hiding in a cupboard.
- According to Park, in keeping with the show being held on April Fool's Day, the audience can look forward to comic high jinks before the concert begins.
- There's no witty anecdotes to relate from the office, no high jinks to speak of.
- Dynamic duo Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson return for some more high jinks in this entertaining if fairly predictable action comedy sequel.
- When I heard they had nominated me I thought it was just a bit of high jinks.
- It would have taken far more than a few drunken high jinks to spoil our evening.
- He was out socialising with friends in Baltinglass on Sunday night during the bank holiday weekend when good-humored high jinks resulted in the tragic fall.
- He played down the behaviour of his Republic of Ireland teammates after a night of high jinks landed them in court.
- A rugby club dinner results in considerable damage to a hotel; is this high jinks or serious hooliganism?
- These are not acts of youthful high jinks and the explosives are not the ‘penny bangers’ of my youth.
- If there are computers there, I'll keep you posted with news of my high jinks and frolics.
- The thrilling high jinks of last weekend had the crowd anticipating similarly spectacular bursts of action.
- Of course, teachers responded to his pranks and high jinks with wrath and hours of detention.
- The inquest heard how the fatal accident had been the result of late-night high jinks that turned so horribly wrong.
- ‘I didn't have any leftover time,’ she recalled tartly, ‘for high jinks.’
Synonyms antics, pranks, larks, escapades, stunts, practical jokes, tricks, romps, frolics
OriginLate 17th century: see jink. |