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Definition: High Jinks |
High JinksNoun1. Noisy and mischievous merrymaking. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | High Jinks He is at high jinks. The present use of the phrase expresses the idea of uproarious fun and jollity. "The frolicsome company had begun to practise the ancient and now forgotten pastime of High Jinks. The game was played in several different ways. Most frequently the dice were thrown by the company, and those upon whom the lot fell were obliged to assume and maintain for a time a certain fictitious character, or to repeat a certain number of fescennine verses in a particular order. If they departed from the characters assigned ... they incurred forfeits, which were compounded for by swallowing an additional bumper." - Sir W. Scott: Guy Mannering, xxxvi. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | HIGH JINKS. A gambler at dice, who, having a strong head, drinks to intoxicate his adversary, or pigeon. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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Synonyms: High JinksSynonyms: high jinx (n), hijinks (n), jinks (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Festivity, merrymaking; party; (social gathering); blowout, hullabaloo, hoedown, bat, bum, bust, clambake, donation party, fish fry, jamboree, kantikoy, nautch, randy, squantum, tear, Turnerfest, yule log; fete, festival, gala, ridotto; revels, revelry, reveling; carnival, brawl, saturnalia, high jinks; feast, banquet; (food); regale, symposium, wassail; carouse, carousal; jollification, junket, wake, Irish wake, picnic, fete champetre, regatta, field day; treat. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Movie/TV Titles | High Jinks in Society (1949) Joey's High Jinks (1916) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
high jinks | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "high jinks"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | orgji (bacchanal, bacchanalia, blast, debauch, orgy, riot, rouse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | шумна веселба (rave, rave-up, razzle, razzle-dazzle, riot, shindig, spree, whoop-de-do). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pitka (bender, blind, carousal, spree, swill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | juhlinta (celebration, tribute). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τρικούβερτο γλέντι. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szórakozás (amusement, distraction, divertissement, entertainment, fling, fun, junket, pastime, picnic, play, pleasure, recreation, refreshing, relaxation, sport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ard-chloie (star turn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ighhay inksjay veselie zgomotoasã (merriment), nebunii (carryings on, jinks), glume (drollery, jesting). (various references) шумное веселье (jinks, rag, revelry, rollick). (various references) bučno veselje (jinks, jinks: high jinks). (various references) upptåg (antic, antics, caper, cod, Dido, escapade, Frisk, frolic, fun, gag, gambol, jinks, joke, lark, practical joke, prank, rag, spree), skoj (caper, chaff, cheating, fraud, Frisk, frolic, fun, gag, gyp, humbug, humbuggery, imposture, jape, jest, jesting, joke, Josh, jugglery, kidding, lark, leg pull, sham, shenanigan, tomfoolery, trickery). (various references) eğlence (amusement, bash, beano, blow out, carnival, conviviality, distraction, diversion, entertainment, festivity, fete, frolic, fun, gag, gaiety, jamboree, jollification, jolliness, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, party, pastime, play, plaything, racket, recreation, recreational, rejoicing, relaxation, revel, saturnalia, setout, sport), cümbüş (bash, bender, binge, blast, blow out, booze, booze-up, burst up, bust, Buster, carousal, festivity, jamboree, jollification, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, metal mandolin, racket, razzle-dazzle, revel, revelry, riot, saturnalia, spree). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-h-h-i-i-j-k-n-s" | |
-2 letters: hijinks. | |
-3 letters: hiking, skiing. | |
-4 letters: ginks, highs, jinks, kings, knish, nighs. | |
-5 letters: ghis, gink, gins, high, hins, hisn, inks, jigs, jink, jins, khis, king, kins, nigh, nisi, shin, sigh, sign, sing, sinh, sink, skin. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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