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HIJINKS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hijinks mean?
• HIJINKS (noun)
The noun HIJINKS has 1 sense:
1. noisy and mischievous merrymaking
Familiarity information: HIJINKS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Noisy and mischievous merrymaking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
high jinks; high jinx; hijinks; jinks
Hypernyms ("hijinks" is a kind of...):
conviviality; jollification; merrymaking (a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
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