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JINKS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jinks mean?
• JINKS (noun)
The noun JINKS has 1 sense:
1. noisy and mischievous merrymaking
Familiarity information: JINKS 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 ("jinks" 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)
Context examples
But wait till they get to cutting up iv jinks and rowin’ ’round.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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