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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 merrymakingplay

  Familiarity information: HIJINKS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIJINKS (noun)


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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