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n. - Noisy and mischievous merrymaking.

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Usage examples (32)
  • "jinks" were over, and that was quite enough to make it unpopular.
  • There were none of the usual end of term hi-jinks.
  • There were not even any star high jinks to report.
  • You should never jinks your trial by touting it up front.
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  • The video game character "jinks" (moving erratically) to ward off the wicked witch's "jinx" (bad luck).
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