jinks

/ dʒɪŋks /

plural noun

1. boisterous or mischievous play (esp in the phrase high jinks )

Word History and Origins

Origin of jinks¹

C18: of unknown origin

Idioms and Phrases

see high jinks .

Example Sentences

The audience at the Saturday matinee audience I attended was filled with young people who seemed delighted by the rambunctious high jinks.

From Los Angeles Times

It makes for a strange tone throughout the film, that the congregation is so horrified by kids who are clearly hungry and fending for themselves, so it’s hard to laugh at their high jinks.

From Los Angeles Times

The scenic design by Afsoon Pajoufar and the lighting by Josh Epstein and Edward Hansen prepare the way for metatheatrical high jinks.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet the comic high jinks, star-crossed lovers and long-lost relatives that pop up in his play “The Miser,” first produced in 1668, will be instantly familiar to anybody who has ever seen a Shakespeare comedy.

From New York Times

“Ain’t Got No Home,” which reached No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100, became Henry’s signature hit and definitively captured his humor and his vocal high jinks.

From Seattle Times