monkeyshine
noun/ˈmʌnkiˌʃaɪn/
Etymology From monkey + shine.
1
A puerile prank or trick.
- I have seen about as many monkeyshines from you as I will tolerate.
- You may have noticed barefooted boys cutting up monkey-shines on trees with entire safety to themselves.1878, Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Popular Science Monthly, XIII. 435:
- Related terms
- barrel of monkeys, monkey around