- a variation of high jinks.
hijinks
Example Sentences
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Mr. Strausbaugh recounts his subject’s hijinks gleefully, firmly embedding Duchamp at the center of New York’s 20th-century art scene.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
And with the bowl season starting Saturday, football fans can expect plenty of such hijinks, especially in games scheduled around the holidays.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025
From its first season to its last, “Friends” has celebrated Thanksgiving with the hijinks, hilarity and occasional pathos it deserves.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025
Sam Bankman-Fried, a onetime rival of Zhao’s, has been behind bars since the summer of 2023, when the judge presiding over his trial ordered him jailed over pretrial hijinks.
From Slate • Oct. 24, 2025
“We have been missing out on the Friday-night Walmart hijinks while watching Herzog documentaries. Let’s reassert our social position.”
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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