Usually means: Playful, mischievous behavior or pranks.
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  1. high jinks: Merriam-Webster
  2. high jinks: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. high jinks: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. high jinks: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. high-jinks, high jinks: Wordnik
  7. high jinks: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. high jinks: Wiktionary
  9. high jinks: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. high jinks: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. High jinks, high jinks: Dictionary.com
  12. High jinks: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. high jinks: Rhymezone
  14. High Jinks: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  15. high jinks: FreeDictionary.org
  16. high jinks: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. High Jinks: The Word Detective
  18. high jinks: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. High jinks: World Wide Words
  20. high jinks: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. high jinks: Idioms
  2. high jinks: Wordcraft Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (high jinks)

noun:  (Scotland, games, historical) An old Scottish parlour game in which people were chosen, usually by throwing dice, to perform some humorous act or drink a large amount of an alcoholic beverage, with a forfeit if they were unable to do so.
noun:  (by extension)
noun:  Boisterous activity or behaviour; lively fun.
noun:  Tricky or waggish behaviour; mischief.

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