shenanigans
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shenanigans
- /ʃɪˈnæn.ɪ.ɡənz/ Australia, UK
- [ʃɪˈnæn.ɪ.ɡn̩z] Australia, UK
- /ʃəˈnæn.ə.ɡɪnz/ Canada, US
- /-ɡənz/ Canada, US
noun shenanigan
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Mischievous play, especially by children.
Shanti and Tom are playing noisily upstairs again. They’re up to their usual shenanigans.
Similar: high jinks, hijinks
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Deceitful tricks; trickery; games.
You should learn to spot their shenanigans and avoid being fooled.
Similar: dirty tricks, hornswoggling, skulduggery
- Strange, unusual, weird, or wacky occurrences. "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."
- plural of shenanigan
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of shenanigan
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: trickery, guile, chicanery, mischief, wile, mischievousness, roguery, devilment, roguishness, devilry, rascality, deviltry, mischief-making, adventures, antics, subterfuges
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noun mischievous play
| Español | ocurrencias, travesuras |
|---|---|
| Français | chahut, frasques, facéties, pitreries |
| Deutsch | Ausfressereien |
| Italiano | marachelle |
| Русский | озорство́ ozorstvó, озорнича́ние ozorničánije |
| العربية | أَلَاعِيب ʔalāʕīb |
noun deceitful tricks
| Español | artimaña, travesuras |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 悪ふざけ warufuzake |
| 中文 | 騙局 /骗局 piànjú, 惡作劇 /恶作剧 èzuòjù, 詭計 /诡计 guǐjì, 鬼把戲 /鬼把戏 guǐbǎxì |
| Português | falcatrua, travessuras |
| Français | combine, grenouillage, magouille, manigance |
| Deutsch | Schummelei, Pfuscherei, Streich, Verarsche, Schabernack |
| Italiano | malefatte |
| Русский | махина́ции maxinácii, проде́лки prodélki, надува́тельство naduvátelʹstvo, жу́льничество žúlʹničestvo, шу́лерство šúlerstvo |
| العربية | أَلَاعِيب ʔalāʕīb |
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title = {shenanigans},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shenanigans},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
