jinks
Britishplural noun
Etymology
Origin of jinks
C18: of unknown origin
Example Sentences
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The “Sonic” and “Minecraft” films did their duty by hiring pretty good comedy writers to connect the gaming high jinks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Certainly the high jinks have caught the attention of those in Australia, who have put the sandpaper down long enough to have their say on England's morals.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025
McDonald is game for the high jinks but doesn’t always seem natural gamboling about the stage.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2025
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 • May 3, 2024
He cracked himself up, though I wasn’t sure whether it was Calvin’s high jinks or my own making him so goofy.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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