Shenanigans - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ʃɪˈnænɪɡənz|  American pronunciation of the word shenanigans
Brit.  |ʃɪˈnænɪɡ(ə)nz|  British pronunciation of the word shenanigans

noun

- Mischievous play, especially by children.
Billy and Tom are playing noisily upstairs again. They're up to their usual shenanigans.
- A deceitful confidence trick, or mischief causing discomfort or annoyance.
You should learn to spot their shenanigans and avoid being fooled.

Extra examples

...students engaging in youthful shenanigans on the last day of school...

...an act of vandalism that went way beyond the usual shenanigans at summer camp...

These facts indicate there is some shenanigan going on.

Are you quite sure? No shenanigan?

Readers of the newspapers do not recognize every shenanigan inflicted upon them.

There is too much shenanigan going on here.

They will catch cold doing shenanigans outdoors in the middle of the night.

...a public that seemed more bemused by the shenanigans of celebrities than by a war being waged half a world away...

...the drolls of late-night TV had a field day with that senator's sexual shenanigans...

...antic shenanigans that made me nearly fall over with laughter...

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