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   monkeyshines

   /ˈmʌŋkɪʃʌɪnz/

   plural

   • 1. mischievous behaviour. informal North American

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2. • Mischievous or playful activity

     • The meaning of MONKEYSHINE is mischievous or playful activity : prank —usually used in plural.
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   What does Monkeyshines mean?

   • often monkeyshines A mischievous or playful trick; a prank: laughed at my daughter's monkeyshines. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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   Where does the word'monkeyshine' come from?

   • The usage didn’t appear in print until the early 20th century, well after the song’s heyday, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Your guess that “monkeyshine” comes from minstrel shows was right on target. In fact, some people consider “Daddy” Rice to be the father of minstrelsy.

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   What does Monkey Shines mean?

   • monkey-shines (n.) also monkeyshines, "monkeyish behavior, tricks, pranks, antics," U.S. slang, 1832 (in the "Jim Crow" song), from monkey (n.) + shine (n.) "a caper, trick" (1835), from an American English slang sense perhaps related to the expression cut a shine "make a fine impression" (1819); see slang senses under shine (n.).

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   What is a synonym for Monkeyshine?

   • Synonyms of monkeyshine. buffoonery, clownery, clowning, foolery, high jinks (also hijinks), horseplay, horsing around, monkey business, monkeying, roughhouse, roughhousing, shenanigan(s), skylarking, slapstick, tomfoolery.

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   The meaning of MONKEYSHINE is mischievous or playful activity : prank —usually used in plural. How to use monkeyshine in a sentence.

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   Monkeyshine definition: a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business. . See examples of MONKEYSHINE used in a sentence.

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   a mischievous or playful trick, joke, or prank. usually used in pl. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. monkeyshine in American English. (ˈmʌŋkiˌʃain) noun. (usually monkeyshines) a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.

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   Define monkeyshines. monkeyshines synonyms, monkeyshines pronunciation, monkeyshines translation, English dictionary definition of monkeyshines. n. Slang often monkeyshines A mischievous or playful trick; a prank: laughed at my daughter's monkeyshines.

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   A mischievous or playful trick, joke, or prank. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: antic. caper. trick. prank. lark. shenanigan. joke. frolic. Often used in plural: antic. Other Word Forms of Monkeyshine. Noun. Singular: monkeyshine. Plural: monkeyshines. roosmalens-dwarf-marmoset. capucine. monkey-boy. caparro. monkey tail tree.

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   Apr 2, 2024 · monkeyshine (plural monkeyshines) A puerile prank or trick . Synonyms: mischief, buffoonery, tomfoolery, monkeyism, shenanigan. I have seen about as many monkeyshines from you as I will tolerate. 1878, Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Popular Science Monthly, XIII. 435: You may have noticed barefooted boys cutting up monkey-shines on trees with entire ...

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    a mischievous or playful trick, joke, or prank. usually used in pl. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. monkeyshine in American English. (ˈmʌŋkiˌʃain) noun. (usually monkeyshines) a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.