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单词 monkeyshines
释义

monkeyshine

noun

mon·​key·​shine ˈməŋ-kē-ˌshīn How to pronounce monkeyshine (audio)
: mischievous or playful activity : prank
usually used in plural
grew tired of all the monkeyshines in his classroom

Synonyms

  • buffoonery
  • clownery
  • clowning
  • foolery
  • high jinks
  • hijinks
  • horseplay
  • horsing around
  • monkey business
  • monkeying
  • roughhouse
  • roughhousing
  • shenanigan(s)
  • skylarking
  • slapstick
  • tomfoolery
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Example Sentences

hockey players who are known for their monkeyshines on and off the ice on the alert for paleontological monkeyshines ever since the unmasking of Piltdown man

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1832, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

monkeyshine

noun

mon·​key·​shine ˈməŋ-kē-ˌshīn How to pronounce monkeyshine (audio)
: prank
usually used in pl.

monkeyshines

noun

plural of monkeyshine
1
as in buffoonery
wildly playful or mischievous behavior hockey players who are known for their monkeyshines on and off the ice

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • buffoonery
  • tomfoolery
  • clowning
  • hijinks
  • horseplay
  • clownery
  • skylarking
  • monkeying
  • playfulness
  • slapstick
  • monkey business
  • roughhousing
  • foolery
  • sporting
  • funning
  • roughhouse
  • high jinks
  • joking
  • horsing around
  • clownishness
  • rascality
  • shenanigan(s)
  • nonsense
  • rowdyism
  • jesting
  • foolishness
  • boisterousness
  • mischief
  • childishness
  • rambunctiousness
  • roguishness
  • trickery
  • silliness
  • frivolity
  • rowdiness
  • gamboling
  • mischievousness
  • deviltry
  • knavery
  • revelry
  • frolicking
  • merrymaking
  • roguery
  • waggery
  • cavorting
  • impishness
  • devilry
  • rumbustiousness
  • roistering
  • romping
  • sportiveness
  • prankishness
  • gambolling
2
as in trick
a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke on the alert for paleontological monkeyshines ever since the unmasking of Piltdown man

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • trick
  • caper
  • escapade
  • antic
  • knavery
  • roguery
  • prank
  • adventure
  • experience
  • frolic
  • shine(s)
  • practical joke
  • capriccio
  • gag
  • joking
  • skylarking
  • rag
  • tomfoolery
  • waggery
  • dido
  • horseplay
  • hijinks
  • shavie
  • jest
  • rowdyism
  • deception
  • feat
  • hoax
  • roughhousing
  • delusion
  • lark
  • teasing
  • gambit
  • fraud
  • whimsy
  • high jinks
  • stunt
  • performance
  • subterfuge
  • maneuver
  • kidding
  • ruse
  • time
  • deed
  • trickery
  • mission
  • deceit
  • hoodwinking
  • game
  • vagary
  • stratagem
  • ploy
  • fooling
  • shenanigan(s)
  • caprice
  • whim
  • play
  • sham
  • conceit
  • hanky-panky
  • fancy
  • wile
  • whimsey
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