noun
- playful or mischievous tricks or pranks
Usage: informal; usually plural
Examples
- The children’s monkeyshines in the backyard kept the neighbors entertained.
- Stop your monkeyshines and get back to work!
- His monkeyshines during the meeting annoyed his boss.
- The class clown was always up to some monkeyshines.
- We laughed at their silly monkeyshines at the party.
- The teacher had to put an end to the students’ monkeyshines.