| 释义 |             : mischievous or playful activity : prank  —usually used in plural grew tired of all the monkeyshines in his classroom          1      as in clowneryusually 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 trickusually 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     whimsey   |