Shenanigans
noun
Tricky activities or behavior that are funny or not serious.
There were endless shenanigans at the kids' sleepover party.
Often appears as...
- get up to shenanigans
- involved in shenanigans
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
Deceptive or dishonest actions.
There were reports of election shenanigans and suspected vote tampering.
Often appears as...
- political shenanigans
- business shenanigans
Usage tips
Disapproving
Idiomatic
noun
Tricky activities or behavior that are funny or not serious.
There were endless shenanigans at the kids' sleepover party.
Often appears as...
- get up to shenanigans
- involved in shenanigans
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
Deceptive or dishonest actions.
There were reports of election shenanigans and suspected vote tampering.
Often appears as...
- political shenanigans
- business shenanigans
Usage tips
Disapproving
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Playful Context
Used when describing light-hearted tricks or jokes.
The children's playful shenanigans kept everyone laughing.
Pro Tip 2/3Group Activities
Often involves a group, suggesting collective fun or pranks.
The whole class was in on the shenanigans for April Fool's Day.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Serious
Implies behavior is not intended to cause serious harm.
Their shenanigans during the road trip were just for fun.
Pro Tip 1/3Playful Context
Used when describing light-hearted tricks or jokes.
The children's playful shenanigans kept everyone laughing.
Pro Tip 2/3Group Activities
Often involves a group, suggesting collective fun or pranks.
The whole class was in on the shenanigans for April Fool's Day.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Serious
Implies behavior is not intended to cause serious harm.
Their shenanigans during the road trip were just for fun.
Pro Tip 1/3Playful Context
Used when describing light-hearted tricks or jokes.
The children's playful shenanigans kept everyone laughing.
Pro Tip 2/3Group Activities
Often involves a group, suggesting collective fun or pranks.
The whole class was in on the shenanigans for April Fool's Day.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Serious
Implies behavior is not intended to cause serious harm.
Their shenanigans during the road trip were just for fun.
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How bacteria "talk" -...
the squid is willing to put up with these shenanigans is because it wants that light and so the way that this symbiosis works is that this little squid lives just off the coast of Hawaii so just in a sort of shallow knee-deep water and the squid is nocturnal so during the day it buries itself in the sand and sleeps but then at night it has
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Bonnie Bassler: The...
That molecule is there, and they're making light. And the reason the squid is willing to put up with these shenanigans is because it wants that light. The way that this symbiosis works is that this little squid lives just off the coast of Hawaii, just in sort of shallow knee-deep water. And the squid is nocturnal,
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An Elaborate 9/11 Plan ...
history of being involved in all kinds of shenanigans and dishonest things but this is so far beyond the pale this would be a conspiracy that would have to involve thousands if not tens of thousands of people and it involved the slaughter of five or six thousand people and there are just so many moving parts
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Safari Live - Day 76 PIPE...
shenanigans but that usually happens after evening game drive but yeah I mean a lot of times we work because you're up so early in the morning and it's really hot and summertime here in the middle of the day are where we're a custom our schedules are very accustomed to wildlife schedules so you're up super
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The dawn of the age of...
we don't take the risk of trying to do this live. So what we do is pre-map the stage at five frames per second with the same spatial-mapping technology that you'll use with the product at home, and then we store it, so that when there's shenanigans of wireless in an environment like this,
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Safari Live - Day 238 PIPE...
in the week that he had a busy time as he walked about all over the place and we've also discussed how he always is involved in shenanigans and well we had a pretty entertaining sighting of him as he tried to take on a ferocious lizard after losing our to value know the
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Safari Live - Day 265 PIPE...
might have but let's have a look at these two bulls and see exactly if they're going to get up to new nonsense again seems as if the shenanigans is now over and they're going off on to their feeding but it's time for play when you have the requirements of so much food
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The Remarkable Story of...
loves hanging out with the kids he loves to put the jersey on and he really likes being at the events there's always pranks going on and shenanigans you know and and that's kind of good for the kids because they can be really stressed with
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Painted Dog PIPE National...
in the cohort carry it back to another borough of course the dominant female wouldn't be the dominant female if she let pack members get away with shenanigans like this she drives off
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Safari Live - Day 320 PIPE...
I hope you've had a good one and diving though but I'm sure he got up to all sorts of other shenanigans anyway we are in the same sort of boat
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How bacteria "talk" -...
the squid is willing to put up with these shenanigans is because it wants that light and so the way that this symbiosis works is that this little squid lives just off the coast of Hawaii so just in a sort of shallow knee-deep water and the squid is nocturnal so during the day it buries itself in the sand and sleeps but then at night it has
Video examples
Bonnie Bassler: The...
That molecule is there, and they're making light. And the reason the squid is willing to put up with these shenanigans is because it wants that light. The way that this symbiosis works is that this little squid lives just off the coast of Hawaii, just in sort of shallow knee-deep water. And the squid is nocturnal,
Video examples
An Elaborate 9/11 Plan ...
history of being involved in all kinds of shenanigans and dishonest things but this is so far beyond the pale this would be a conspiracy that would have to involve thousands if not tens of thousands of people and it involved the slaughter of five or six thousand people and there are just so many moving parts
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 76 PIPE...
shenanigans but that usually happens after evening game drive but yeah I mean a lot of times we work because you're up so early in the morning and it's really hot and summertime here in the middle of the day are where we're a custom our schedules are very accustomed to wildlife schedules so you're up super
Video examples
The dawn of the age of...
we don't take the risk of trying to do this live. So what we do is pre-map the stage at five frames per second with the same spatial-mapping technology that you'll use with the product at home, and then we store it, so that when there's shenanigans of wireless in an environment like this,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 238 PIPE...
in the week that he had a busy time as he walked about all over the place and we've also discussed how he always is involved in shenanigans and well we had a pretty entertaining sighting of him as he tried to take on a ferocious lizard after losing our to value know the
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 265 PIPE...
might have but let's have a look at these two bulls and see exactly if they're going to get up to new nonsense again seems as if the shenanigans is now over and they're going off on to their feeding but it's time for play when you have the requirements of so much food
Video examples
The Remarkable Story of...
loves hanging out with the kids he loves to put the jersey on and he really likes being at the events there's always pranks going on and shenanigans you know and and that's kind of good for the kids because they can be really stressed with
Video examples
Painted Dog PIPE National...
in the cohort carry it back to another borough of course the dominant female wouldn't be the dominant female if she let pack members get away with shenanigans like this she drives off
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 320 PIPE...
I hope you've had a good one and diving though but I'm sure he got up to all sorts of other shenanigans anyway we are in the same sort of boat
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Quote examples
John Mulaney
American Comedian
Bill Clinton fascinates me because, at the time, it seemed like his shenanigans and the people after him were the biggest political stories you could ever imagine. I remember when the 'Starr Report' was published in the newspaper, all of us were reading it in the high-school cafeteria, and a dean started taking the newspapers away from us.
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Niecy Nash
American Comedian
My house is full of antics, mayhem, foolishness, carrying on, cutting up, shucking and jiving, and I have that whether cameras are there or not. Our youngest just had us up with her shenanigans and hijinks all night. So, it's all the time, even off camera.
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Grant Shapps
British Politician
Political shenanigans come and go, yet often what feels like a big deal in Westminster fails to get a mention on the news. As a result, the public wisely let most of the hurly-burly of politics wash over their heads.
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Lawrence Kudlow
American Journalist
Corporate share prices should not be driven by political tax games. Profits, not Washington shenanigans, should be the mother's milk of stocks. And this shouldn't be a partisan political issue.
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Cory Monteith
Canadian Actor
I'll go out, but I leave early, before the shenanigans. I don't really do the Hollywood party thing. I'd rather watch sports or play videogames or work out or sleep, to be totally honest.
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Sucheta Dalal
The truth is that very few newspapers in the country are willing to do a fair and impartial investigation into the shenanigans of industrialists, politicians or government.
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David Axelrod
American Public Servant
Any time you have loose ballots, you have to worry about shenanigans. It's a shame such a hard-fought election has to come down to something like this.
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Lewis Black
American Comedian
You realize that for all the shenanigans that go on in the big circus of politics, everybody wakes up and goes to work.
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Steve Forbes
American Businessman
And it would be fair. Everyone will pay the same tax and it will eliminate tax cheaters and corporate shenanigans.
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Savion Glover
American Dancer
I don't really care what the visual is looking like. I've gotten away from - not shenanigans, but spectacle.
Quote examples
John Mulaney
American Comedian
Bill Clinton fascinates me because, at the time, it seemed like his shenanigans and the people after him were the biggest political stories you could ever imagine. I remember when the 'Starr Report' was published in the newspaper, all of us were reading it in the high-school cafeteria, and a dean started taking the newspapers away from us.
Quote examples
Niecy Nash
American Comedian
My house is full of antics, mayhem, foolishness, carrying on, cutting up, shucking and jiving, and I have that whether cameras are there or not. Our youngest just had us up with her shenanigans and hijinks all night. So, it's all the time, even off camera.
Quote examples
Grant Shapps
British Politician
Political shenanigans come and go, yet often what feels like a big deal in Westminster fails to get a mention on the news. As a result, the public wisely let most of the hurly-burly of politics wash over their heads.
Quote examples
Lawrence Kudlow
American Journalist
Corporate share prices should not be driven by political tax games. Profits, not Washington shenanigans, should be the mother's milk of stocks. And this shouldn't be a partisan political issue.
Quote examples
Cory Monteith
Canadian Actor
I'll go out, but I leave early, before the shenanigans. I don't really do the Hollywood party thing. I'd rather watch sports or play videogames or work out or sleep, to be totally honest.
Quote examples
Sucheta Dalal
The truth is that very few newspapers in the country are willing to do a fair and impartial investigation into the shenanigans of industrialists, politicians or government.
Quote examples
David Axelrod
American Public Servant
Any time you have loose ballots, you have to worry about shenanigans. It's a shame such a hard-fought election has to come down to something like this.
Quote examples
Lewis Black
American Comedian
You realize that for all the shenanigans that go on in the big circus of politics, everybody wakes up and goes to work.
Quote examples
Steve Forbes
American Businessman
And it would be fair. Everyone will pay the same tax and it will eliminate tax cheaters and corporate shenanigans.
Quote examples
Savion Glover
American Dancer
I don't really care what the visual is looking like. I've gotten away from - not shenanigans, but spectacle.
Example 1 of 10
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