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Audiences know exactly what's coming and they know from the beginning of the movie that everything's going to be OK and there will be high jinks that will get you from the beginning to the end, and eventually all the misunderstandings will be worked out and everyone will be in love.
Dana Fox

Meaning of "high jinks" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HIGH JINKS

high jinks  [ˈhaɪˌdʒɪŋks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIGH JINKS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
High jinks is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HIGH JINKS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

High jinks

High jinks was a popular 18th century drinking game in Scotland. The game involved throwing a die, and if the caster got a bad score, they had to choose between drinking more alcohol or performing a undignified task. High jinks now commonly used to refer to any prank or frolic.

Definition of high jinks in the English dictionary

The definition of high jinks in the dictionary is lively enjoyment.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HIGH JINKS


blinks
blɪŋks
drinks
drɪŋks
hijinks
ˈhaɪˌdʒɪŋks
hypopharynx
ˌhaɪpəʊˈfærɪŋks
jinks
dʒɪŋks
jinx
dʒɪŋks
jynx
dʒɪŋks
larynx
ˈlærɪŋks
Lincs
lɪŋks
links
lɪŋks
lynx
lɪŋks
methinks
mɪˈθɪŋks
minx
mɪŋks
nasopharynx
ˌneɪzəʊˈfærɪŋks
oropharynx
ˌɔːrəʊˈfærɪŋks
pharynx
ˈfærɪŋks
sphinx
sfɪŋks
Sphynx
sfɪŋks
syrinx
ˈsɪrɪŋks
tiddlywinks
ˈtɪdlɪˌwɪŋks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIGH JINKS

high five
high frequency
high gear
High German
high hand
high hat
high heels
High Holidays
high horse
high hurdles
high jump
high jumper
high jumping
high life
high living
High Mass
high noon
high old time
high opinion
high place

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIGH JINKS

Banks
break ranks
close ranks
Fairbanks
forty winks
golf links
Grand Banks
Hanks
hunks
hunting pinks
lower ranks
other ranks
pilliwinks
ranks
return thanks
swimming trunks
thanks
trunks
vote of thanks
yonks

Synonyms and antonyms of high jinks in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HIGH JINKS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «high jinks» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of high jinks

Translation of «high jinks» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIGH JINKS

Find out the translation of high jinks to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of high jinks from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «high jinks» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

狂欢作乐
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

jolgorio
570 millions of speakers

English

high jinks
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उच्च चहलपहल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جينكس عالية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бурное веселье
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alta diversão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উচ্চ jinks
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

frasques
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jinks tinggi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ausgelassenheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハイジンクス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

야단법석
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jinks dhuwur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trò đùa tinh nghịch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயர் ஜிங்க்ஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उच्च jinks
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cümbüş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alti jinks
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

duże wygłupy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бурхливі веселощі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

glume
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τρικούβερτο γλέντι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoë doem
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

upptåg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ablegøyer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of high jinks

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH JINKS»

The term «high jinks» is regularly used and occupies the 69.870 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH JINKS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about high jinks

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QUOTES WITH «HIGH JINKS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word high jinks.
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Dana Fox
Audiences know exactly what's coming and they know from the beginning of the movie that everything's going to be OK and there will be high jinks that will get you from the beginning to the end, and eventually all the misunderstandings will be worked out and everyone will be in love.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIGH JINKS»

Discover the use of high jinks in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to high jinks and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Yellowbeard: High Jinks on the High Seas
Published in the U.S. for the first time, a raucous pirate adventure by the late Monty Python member follows the misdeeds of the buccaneer Yellowbeard, whose encounters with brothels, treasure maps, and treacherous mutineers are told in the ...
Graham Chapman, 2005
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Aberdeen High Jinks
Steven Stoker. accustomed to our system. He was judicious enough to realize that substantial changes in the music department between semesters of the same year could be detrimental. With such a viewpoint, Mr. Andrews was more than ...
Steven Stoker, 2002
3
High Jinks of a Feckless Youth
"High Jinks of a Feckless Youth" is the true story of the hilarious antics of the mischievous young Rolla Campbell and his best friend, Red Simms, growing up in West Virginia in the late 1920's and early 1930's.
Rolla Campbell, 2006
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Semi-Centennial High Jinks in the Grove, Held in Field ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Calif ) Bohemian Club (San Francisco, 2012
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Gambit: A Story of International Intrigue and Nuclear High Jinks
The theft of strategic and nuclear weapons from a GRU arsenal in the Ukraine gets prompt and full attention at the highest levels of the U.S. and Russian governments.
Antoinette Falquier, Joseph Harned, 2000
6
The smart magazines: 50 years of literary revelry and high ...
Examines early twentieth-century magazines which influenced tastes in the era before television
George H. Douglas, 1991
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Colloquial Language in Ulysses: A Reference Tool
High jinks below stairs. High jinks: OED jink, sb.1 3b. from 1842. Cf. high life below stairs: OED life, sb. 12c. 1759 (play title); below B. lb. 1850. Ellmann 594 quotes 1927 Joyce explaining FW: "There is merriment above (larks) why should there ...
Robert William Dent, 1994
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Rudolf Friml
On the Wings of The Firefly: High Jinks and Katinka The Firefly immediately established Friml as a significant Broadway figure. He did not have to do hack work, writing a song here and there hoping to get something added into someone else's ...
William A. Everett, 2008
9
Theatre West: Image and Impact
Many years passed before an original play dramatizing that conquest would be written, but elaboration of the midsummer High Jinks in the 1890s moved in the direction of drama. Instead of radical change, there was a tentative introduction of  ...
Dunbar H. Ogden, Douglas McDermott, Robert Károly Sarlós, 1990
10
American Musical Theater: A Chronicle
However its own day saw it, High jinks was yet another of those many pieces we would unhesitatingly call "operetta." Coming a year and a week after his brilliant debut with The Firefly (2 December 1912), High jinks elevated Rudolf Friml into ...
Gerald Bordman, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIGH JINKS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term high jinks is used in the context of the following news items.
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Armenia: Activists soak police in protest at water cannon - BBC News
... celebration called Vardavar, which sees Armenians throw water all over each other, although police aren't usually involved in the high jinks. «BBC News, Jul 15»
2
Village of Lake George wants sale of fireworks extinguished
On July 3, the high jinks came to a head when a 34-year-old Lake George man was charged with disorderly conduct, a violation, after ... «Glens Falls Post-Star, Jul 15»
3
Review: Old Globe's 'Kiss Me, Kate' steals a smile if not a heart - LA …
The orchestra (under Kris Kukul's music direction) is first class, Peggy Hickey's choreography ensures the high jinks are on graceful footing and ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
4
Geneva's Shakespeare in the Park brings 'Twelfth Night' to Island Park
"High jinks ensues," McQuaid said. "What makes him a comic character is that we can all relate to his stupidity. He moons over Olivia, a woman ... «Chicago Daily Herald, Jul 15»
5
10 best Spanish festivals: Candlelit processions, religious bar crawls …
Horsey high jinks on Menorca. The Fiesta de Sant Jaume in Es Castell is held on 24 and 25 July. The tradition includes a gigantes y cabezudos ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
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Straight to Hell: Memoir Of Banking Debauchery Elicits Mostly …
The rest is a tired and dated memoir of his infantile high jinks as a young banker. Even if you think that having a contest to see who can run into ... «ValueWalk, Jul 15»
7
First look: Jack Whitehall and the Bad Education kids are back
PA - Bad behaviour and high jinks galore – nothing's changed in The Bad Education Movie. The first official trailer of The Bad Education Movie ... «Yahoo News UK, Jul 15»
8
M-Cat boy back in court for bizarre behaviour
It was just high jinks.” A spokeswoman for the Youth Offending Team said the boy had responded well to a previous referral order. Presiding ... «Newbury Weekly News Group, Jul 15»
9
Kevin Kwan's 'China Rich Girlfriend'
It's just one of many high jinks that begin the wild tale of how Edison's wealthy aunt learns that the scandalously middle-class woman her son is ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
10
John LeFevre's Memoir of Banking Debauchery Elicits Mostly Yawns
The rest is a tired and dated memoir of his infantile high jinks as a young banker. Even if you think that having a contest to see who can run into ... «New York Times, Jul 15»

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