jinks
Playful evasive antics
Jinks refers to quick, evasive movements or lively, mischievous behavior.
The word appears almost exclusively in two phrases: high jinks describes boisterous fun or pranks, while jink as a verb means to make a quick, dodging movement: The runner jinked past the defender.
Playful mischievous acts
- shenanigansMischievous or deceitful behavior
- tomfooleryFoolish or silly behavior
- hijinksBoisterous playful mischief
- capersPranks or tangy buds
escapades · horseplay · monkeyshines · larks · skylarking · frolics · gambols · clowning
Lighthearted playful movement
- gambolPlayful leaping about
- rompPlayful, spirited activity
- caperPrank or pickled bud
- larkSongbird or escapade
merriment · revelry · frivolity · whimsy · gaiety · joviality · lightheartedness · sportiveness
Avoid by quick movement
- sidestepEvade by moving aside
- eludeSkillfully avoid capture
- swerveAbrupt directional change
- duckWaterbird that quacks
feint · maneuver · slip · weave · zigzag · juke · fake out · shake off
Invoked harm through words
- hexMalevolent incantation
- bad luckUnfavorable chance events
- ill omenSign predicting misfortune
- charmAttractive personal quality
spell · hoodoo · crossed fingers · knock on wood · rabbit's foot · lucky charm · talisman · ward
pranks
Playful mischievous acts
- shenanigansMischievous or deceitful behavior
- tomfooleryFoolish or silly behavior
- hijinksBoisterous playful mischief
capers · escapades · horseplay · monkeyshines · larks · skylarking · frolics · gambols · clowning · buffoonery
frolic
Lighthearted playful movement
lark · merriment · revelry · frivolity · whimsy · gaiety · joviality · lightheartedness · sportiveness · exuberance
dodge
Avoid by quick movement
duck · feint · maneuver · slip · weave · zigzag · juke · fake out · shake off · give the slip
curse
Invoked harm through words
charm · spell · hoodoo · crossed fingers · knock on wood · rabbit's foot · lucky charm · talisman · ward · amulet
jinkssolemnity
Serious, dignified quality
seriousness · gravity · sobriety · decorum · propriety
jinkscalm
Free from agitation
restraint · composure · tranquility · stillness · quietude
jinksgloom
Pervasive dimness or dejection
melancholy · dreariness · moroseness · joylessness · glumness
- high jinksBoisterous, playful behavior
- reverse jinxStating bad outcome superstitiously