Usually means: Mischievous antics causing playful trouble.
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  1. hijinks: Merriam-Webster
  2. hijinks: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hijinks: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hijinks: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hijinks: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hijinks, hijinks: Wordnik
  7. hijinks: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. hijinks: Wiktionary
  9. hijinks: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hijinks: Dictionary.com
  11. hijinks: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. hijinks: Rhymezone
  13. hijinks: FreeDictionary.org
  14. hijinks: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. hijinks: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. hijinks: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. hijinks: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Hijinks)

noun:  Alternative spelling of high jinks [(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.]

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