# shenanigans

Pronunciation: US say "shuh-NAN-uh-ginz" /ʃəˈnæn.ə.ɡɪnz/; UK/AUS say "shi-NAN-i-guhnz" /ʃɪˈnæn.ɪ.ɡənz/

## Noun

1. Deceitful tricks or underhanded games; trickery.
   - Simple: Sneaky tricks used to fool or cheat people.
   - _Auditors uncovered years of accounting shenanigans at the firm._
   - _Voters are tired of the procedural shenanigans that keep the bill from ever reaching the floor._
2. Playful mischief, especially the kind children get up to.
   - Simple: Silly or naughty play, especially by children.
   - _The substitute teacher had little patience for the class's shenanigans._
   - _After a week of bedtime shenanigans, the twins were finally sleeping through the night._
3. Strange, unusual or wacky goings-on.
   - Simple: Strange or crazy things that happen.
   - _The sitcom follows the shenanigans at a haunted bed-and-breakfast and its baffled owners._
   - _Between the power outage and the escaped parrot, the wedding had more than its share of shenanigans._
4. Plural of shenanigan. *(colloquial)* — plural of shenanigan.
   - Simple: Plural of shenanigan. Use it for more than one trick or prank.
   - _Each of the con man's shenanigans was more daring than the last._
   - _He pulled three separate shenanigans on his roommate in a single afternoon._

## Verb

5. Third-person singular simple present of shenanigan. *(colloquial)* — third-person singular simple present indicative of shenanigan
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of shenanigan. Use it with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog.

## Origin

Formed from shenanigan + -s.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/shenanigans (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).