Meaning of hi-jinx | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of high jinks (alternative form of hijinx).

alt-of, alternative, uncountable

Examples

“Day of the Dead stretches the zombie film just about as far as it can go – and the film [George Andrew] Romero wanted to make could have been even more challenging – but the horror movie audience is more interested in the partying hi-jinx of trendy monsters like [Dan] O'Bannon's funky zombies, Freddy Krueger or Herbert West.”

“Even though I have no arms or legs I did put my mom through some tough times. I did my share of rebellion and hi-jinx.”

“He had no idea what was going on up there at the house, hoped it was no more than some trivial case of assault or some drunken sexual hi-jinx – but his sense of discomfort, bordering at times on dread – would not go away.”

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