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Shenanigans

//ʃɪˈnæn.ɪ.ɡənz// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Mischievous play, especially by children. plural, plural-normally

    "Shanti and Tom are playing noisily upstairs again. They’re up to their usual shenanigans."

  2. 2
    Deceitful tricks; trickery; games. plural, plural-normally

    "You should learn to spot their shenanigans and avoid being fooled."

  3. 3
    Strange, unusual, weird, or wacky occurrences. plural, plural-normally

    ""I'm sorry, but I'm not going to devote any of tonight's news to evil monkey shenanigans unless you can find something more down to earth to focus your report on.""

  4. 4
    plural of shenanigan. form-of, plural, plural-normally
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of shenanigan form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

Etymology 1

From shenanigan + -s.

Etymology 2

From shenanigan + -s.

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