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Meanings of high jinks in английском

португальский
brincadeira perversa
каталонский
bullícia
испанский
jarana

Noisy and mischievous merrymaking.

brincadeira perversa
Synonyms
Examples for "jinks"
Examples for "jinks"
1
We are not going to have any high jinks, are we, Mary.
The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware
2
This season we have gotten through without the high jinks of former years.
The Irish Times
3
There is one in the jinks room of this very club.
Smoke Bellew
4
Scott Williams jinks towards the touchline, with two men outside him.
The Guardian
5
These kinds of camp hi-jinks have been a staple of WWE for decades.
The Irish Times
1
He held a beer and was smiling up at the dubbed hijinks.
Black Deutschland
2
A grown-up Matthew Broderick played hooky and sleepwalked through some Ferris-style hijinks.
Wired
3
Marriage gave Alex moral security, her hijinks and wildness were now socially harmless.
Fugitive pieces
4
So buckle up for a weekend of constitutional hijinks in Edinburgh.
The Guardian
5
Student hijinks and college rivalries are alive and well in Dublin, it seems.
The Irish Times
1
With funfairs, shop stalls, endless dining opportunities and campsite high jinx, it would be easy to check out of the main fare.
The Irish Times
2
Their charitable high jinx would inspire a 2003 film starring Helen Mirren and, in 2009, a hit West End show.
The Irish Times
3
Pale Mimosa is clashing again with the English star High Jinx who beat her into third in the Prix Du Cadran earlier this month.
The Irish Times
Usage of high jinks in английском
1
We are not going to have any high jinks, are we, Mary.
The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware
2
This season we have gotten through without the high jinks of former years.
The Irish Times
3
Well, we'd better work out what high jinks you're gonna get up to.'
The Pilo Family Circus
4
Fizz, froth and high jinks characterise this album of music for two pianos.
The Irish Times
5
It's pretty risky for a Senior to be up to such high jinks.
Blue Bonnet in Boston; or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's
6
Sudden scrutiny by journalists sent star professors accustomed to conference high jinks scurrying underground.
Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism
7
When confronted with the evidence, the culprit pleaded high jinks.
Amagansett
8
Some high jinks, some light sexism, the odd homophobic joke.
The Guardian
9
Other lawyers admired their abilities and chuckled at their invariable high jinks and humor.
A. lincoln: a biography
10
Any Versace event is a party in spirit, and the Saturday-night slot promises high jinks.
The Guardian
11
It's Saturday morning and Ant and Dec are up to their usual trademark high jinks.
The Irish Times
12
Inside, doubtless, there were high jinks going on; but the password was denied to me.
Dream Days
13
When they let him loose, it was a season of high jinks and rare skylarking.
A Rough Shaking
14
Everybody can't play at high jinks with comfort, luckily for the rest of the world.
The Junior Classics, Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories
15
There was high jinks over at Metzar's place yesterday, and I'm looking for more to-day.
The Last Trail
16
They complicate the plot with some time-travelling, dimension-hopping high jinks which are almost impossible to follow.
BBC
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Translations for high jinks
португальский
brincadeira perversa
каталонский
bullíciatabola
испанский
jarana
High jinks through the time
High jinks across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common