Used in a Sentence

shenanigans

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for shenanigans.

Editorial note

Elect a better PM (or indirectly elect considering this is the UK) if you don't want such shenanigans.

Examples13
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Deceitful tricks; trickery; games.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of shenanigans gathered in one view.

noun

Deceitful tricks; trickery; games.

noun

Strange, unusual, weird, or wacky occurrences.

noun

Mischievous play, especially by children.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for shenanigans.

noun

Deceitful tricks; trickery; games.

noun

Strange, unusual, weird, or wacky occurrences.

noun

Mischievous play, especially by children.

Example sentences

1

Elect a better PM (or indirectly elect considering this is the UK) if you don't want such shenanigans.

2

Specially for one-person shops, you can bypass the whole CRM shenanigans with a well kept TB strategy.

3

Altman is not justifying the arbitrary bans (or any Reddit admin shenanigans) here, that is not the topic of this sentence.

4

Most people are shocked to hear it when these shenanigans were revealed in 2010.

5

So no 'below cost' shenanigans, just comparable products moving in out-of-sync market cycles.

6

The only sustainable way to prosperity/affluence is through increased productivity, not financial shenanigans.

7

It would be better if they just talked bout benchmark shenanigans in general.

8

I'm more concerned about the NSA and whatever shenanigans American corporations are capitulating to back home.

9

J2ME has been around forever, but I don't think it's targetted towards app dev/GUI shenanigans.

10

But financial shenanigans do have the potential to hurt our prosperity/affluence.

11

You need to verify that they actually own (or at least have access to) that email address, otherwise all sorts of shenanigans could be had.

12

During this period the buyer and seller are both open to shenanigans from the other party trying to back out of the trade or change the terms.

Quote examples

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The IRS has called shenanigans on this and the below quote is probably the biggest reason why: > "Illustrating how rapidly the contents of the “baskets” were shuffled, one option reviewed by the committee had more than 129 million underlying trades in a single year, the subcommittee said.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use shenanigans in a sentence?

Elect a better PM (or indirectly elect considering this is the UK) if you don't want such shenanigans.

What does shenanigans mean?

Deceitful tricks; trickery; games.

What part of speech is shenanigans?

shenanigans is commonly used as noun.