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shenanigans

English

Etymology

shenanigan +? -s.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???næn??(?)nz/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /???næn???nz/, /-??nz/
  • Hyphenation: she?na?ni?gans

Noun

shenanigans pl (normally plural, singular shenanigan)

  1. (uncountable) Mischievous play, especially by children. [from mid 19th c.]
  2. (uncountable) Deceitful tricks; trickery, games. [from mid 19th c.]
  3. (countable) plural of shenanigan.

Synonyms

  • (mischievous play): high jinks, hijinks
  • (deceitful tricks): dirty tricks, hornswoggling, skulduggery

Derived terms

  • shenaniganry, shenaniganery
  • shenans (very colloquial)

Translations

Further reading

  • shenanigans (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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trickery

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Old French tricherie?”)

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /t??.k?.?i/

Noun

trickery (countable and uncountable, plural trickeries)

  1. (uncountable) Deception or underhanded behavior.
  2. (uncountable) The art of dressing up; imposture.
  3. (uncountable) Artifice; the use of one or more stratagems.
  4. (countable) An instance of deception, underhanded behavior, dressing up, imposture, artifice, etc.
    • 1898, Bret Harte, "See UP" in Stories in Light and Shadow:
      The miners found diversions even in his alleged frauds and trickeries . . . and were fond of relating with great gusto his evasion of the Foreign Miners' Tax.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:deception

Translations

References

  • trickery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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