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Australian, Received-Pronunciation:
/ʃɪˈnæn.ɪ.ɡənz/
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation:
[ʃɪˈnæn.ɪ.ɡn̩z]
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Canada, General-American:
/ʃəˈnæn.ə.ɡɪnz/
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Canada, General-American:
/-ɡənz/
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CMU ARPABET:
SH AH0 N AE1 N IH0 G AH0 N Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Mischievous play, especially by children.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-normally
Examples
Shanti and Tom are playing noisily upstairs again. They’re up to their usual shenanigans.
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Antonyms: none provided
Deceitful tricks; trickery; games.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-normally
Examples
You should learn to spot their shenanigans and avoid being fooled. The advertisement said it would cost $50, but they charged me $75 at the register. I declare shenanigans.
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Antonyms: none provided
Strange, unusual, weird, or wacky occurrences.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-normally
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plural of shenanigan.
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Usage: form-of, plural, plural-normally
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third-person singular simple present indicative of shenanigan
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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Etymology tree English shenanigan Middle English -es English -s English shenanigans From shenanigan + -s.
Across languages
Translations 82 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
أَلَاعِيب
(ʔalāʕīb)
— mischievous play
Azerbaijani :
dəcəllik
— mischievous play
Czech :
lumpárny
— mischievous play
Czech :
vylomeniny
— mischievous play
Czech :
rošťárny
— mischievous play
Finnish :
metkut
— mischievous play
Finnish :
metkuilu
— mischievous play
Finnish :
jekut
— mischievous play
Finnish :
jekkuilu
— mischievous play
Finnish :
kolttonen
— mischievous play
Finnish :
jäynä
— mischievous play
French :
chahut
— mischievous play
French :
frasques
— mischievous play
French :
facéties
— mischievous play
French :
pitreries
— mischievous play
Galician :
falcatruada
— mischievous play
German :
Ausfressereien
— mischievous play
Hungarian :
huncutság
— mischievous play
Hungarian :
csibészség
— mischievous play
Hungarian :
kópéság
— mischievous play
Indonesian :
keonaran
— mischievous play
Italian :
marachelle
— mischievous play
Polish :
błazenada
— mischievous play
Polish :
błazeństwo
— mischievous play
Russian :
озорство́
(ozorstvó)
— mischievous play
Russian :
озорнича́ние
(ozorničánije)
— mischievous play
Spanish :
ocurrencias
— mischievous play
Spanish :
travesuras
— mischievous play
Turkish :
yaramazlık
— mischievous play
Afrikaans :
skelmstreke
— deceitful tricks
Arabic :
أَلَاعِيب
(ʔalāʕīb)
— deceitful tricks
Armenian :
դաղալություն
(daġalutʻyun)
— deceitful tricks
Azerbaijani :
fırıldaq
— deceitful tricks
Catalan :
martingala
— deceitful tricks
Catalan :
tripijoc
— deceitful tricks
Chinese Mandarin :
騙局 /骗局
(piànjú)
— deceitful tricks
Chinese Mandarin :
惡作劇 /恶作剧
(èzuòjù)
— deceitful tricks
Chinese Mandarin :
詭計 /诡计
(guǐjì)
— deceitful tricks
Chinese Mandarin :
鬼把戲 /鬼把戏
(guǐbǎxì)
— deceitful tricks
Czech :
podvody
— deceitful tricks
Dutch :
bedrog
— deceitful tricks
Dutch :
valsspelerij
— deceitful tricks
Dutch :
gesjoemel
— deceitful tricks
Finnish :
vedätys
— deceitful tricks
Finnish :
metkut
— deceitful tricks
Finnish :
filunki
— deceitful tricks
Finnish :
temppu
— deceitful tricks
French :
combine
— deceitful tricks
French :
grenouillage
— deceitful tricks
French :
magouille
— deceitful tricks
French :
manigance
— deceitful tricks
Galician :
andrómena
— deceitful tricks
Galician :
andrómenas
— deceitful tricks
Galician :
estafa
— deceitful tricks
Galician :
falcatrúa
— deceitful tricks
German :
Schummelei
— deceitful tricks
German :
Pfuscherei
— deceitful tricks
German :
Streich
— deceitful tricks
German :
Verarsche
— deceitful tricks
German :
Schabernack
— deceitful tricks
Hungarian :
trükk
— deceitful tricks
Hungarian :
csalás
— deceitful tricks
Hungarian :
svindli
— deceitful tricks
Italian :
malefatte
— deceitful tricks
Japanese :
悪ふざけ
(warufuzake)
— deceitful tricks
Macedonian :
спле́тки
(splétki)
— deceitful tricks
Macedonian :
и́змами
(ízmami)
— deceitful tricks
Malay :
perbuatan nakal
— deceitful tricks
Malay :
tipu helah
— deceitful tricks
Polish :
machlojka
— deceitful tricks
Portuguese :
falcatrua
— deceitful tricks
Portuguese :
travessuras
— deceitful tricks
Russian :
махина́ции
(maxinácii)
— deceitful tricks
Russian :
проде́лки
(prodélki)
— deceitful tricks
Russian :
надува́тельство
(naduvátelʹstvo)
— deceitful tricks
Russian :
жу́льничество
(žúlʹničestvo)
— deceitful tricks
Russian :
шу́лерство
(šúlerstvo)
— deceitful tricks
Serbo-Croatian :
смицалице
(smicalice)
— deceitful tricks
Spanish :
artimaña
— deceitful tricks
Spanish :
travesuras
— deceitful tricks
Swedish :
fiffel
— deceitful tricks
Swedish :
fuffens
— deceitful tricks
