释义 |
: mischievous or playful activity : prank —usually used in plural grew tired of all the monkeyshines in his classroom 1 as in clownery usually monkeyshines plural wildly playful or mischievous behavior hockey players who are known for their monkeyshines on and off the ice -
clownery -
buffoonery -
monkey business -
horseplay -
clowning -
monkeying -
skylarking -
tomfoolery -
slapstick -
horsing around -
playfulness -
funning -
sporting -
hijinks -
roughhousing -
foolery -
joking -
high jinks -
roughhouse -
shenanigan(s) -
rumbustiousness -
clownishness -
roguishness -
rascality -
nonsense -
jesting -
mischief -
waggery -
foolishness -
boisterousness -
rowdyism -
gamboling -
childishness -
prankishness -
deviltry -
knavery -
frolicking -
sportiveness -
mischievousness -
rambunctiousness -
devilry -
silliness -
roguery -
impishness -
frivolity -
trickery -
merrymaking -
rowdiness -
cavorting -
revelry -
romping -
roistering -
gambolling 2 as in trick usually monkeyshines plural a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke on the alert for paleontological monkeyshines ever since the unmasking of Piltdown man -
trick -
caper -
escapade -
shine(s) -
practical joke -
prank -
antic -
shavie -
knavery -
adventure -
roguery -
experience -
gag -
waggery -
capriccio -
frolic -
rag -
joking -
skylarking -
horseplay -
dido -
jest -
hoax -
tomfoolery -
lark -
teasing -
delusion -
feat -
deception -
rowdyism -
roughhousing -
hijinks -
fraud -
whimsy -
high jinks -
performance -
stunt -
gambit -
ruse -
deed -
kidding -
maneuver -
subterfuge -
mission -
fooling -
shenanigan(s) -
time -
deceit -
game -
caprice -
stratagem -
vagary -
sham -
ploy -
trickery -
hoodwinking -
conceit -
play -
whim -
hanky-panky -
wile -
fancy -
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