jink
- verb. Move elusively, dodge, elude by dodging; (slang) maneuver aircraft, be maneuvered, jerkily to avoid anti-aircraft fire etc.
- noun. Act of jinking; high jinks: boisterous sport, merrymaking
In a sentence: “The kids took part
in some happy high jinks.”
About high jinks: Wiktionary
also notes that “hijinks” is an alternative spelling and that it means “tricky and/or humorous behavior”.
The plural of hijinks is the same.
When kids fool
around, they tend to chase each other. The one being chased might run and try
to escape by dodging the other child. Maybe this is the reason why it is called
high jinks…?
It is closely
related to shenanigans, which we covered in episode 7.
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