monkeyshine
See also: monkey-shine
English
Alternative forms
- monkey-shine
Noun
monkeyshine (plural monkeyshines)
- A puerile trick or prank
- I have seen about as many monkeyshines from you as I will tolerate.
- Synonyms: mischief, buffoonery, tomfoolery, monkeyism, shenanigan
- 1878: Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Popular Science Monthly, XIII. 435.
- You may have noticed barefooted boys cutting up monkey-shines on trees with entire safety to themselves.
References
- monkeyshine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.