Many moviegoers like to watch funny films full of high jinks — ridiculous, clowning pratfalls and capers. Kids at birthday parties, adults at bachelor parties, and practical jokers are all likely to get involved in high jinks. You can also spell it hijinks — in either case, it's a nineteenth century word meaning "drinking games." The verb jink is probably a root of high jinks, and it's a Scottish word that means "to wheel or spin about in dancing."