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SHENANIGAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
Synonyms:
devilment; devilry; deviltry; mischief; mischief-making; mischievousness; rascality; roguery; roguishness; shenanigan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("shenanigan" is a kind of...):
misbehavior; misbehaviour; misdeed (improper or wicked or immoral behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shenanigan"):
blaze; hell (noisy and unrestrained mischief)
monkey business (mischievous or deceitful behavior)
hooliganism; malicious mischief; vandalism (willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
Synonyms:
chicane; chicanery; guile; shenanigan; trickery; wile
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("shenanigan" is a kind of...):
deceit; deception; dissembling; dissimulation (the act of deceiving)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shenanigan"):
dupery; fraud; fraudulence; hoax; humbug; put-on (something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage)
jugglery (artful trickery designed to achieve an end)
