v. colloq. [dim. of JINK v.]
1. intr. To indulge in (high) jinks. (Or ? To junket.)
1742. Fielding, J. Andrews, IV. xiii. Tom … is just come from the George; where it seems Joseph and the rest of them are a jinketting.
2. ? To dance about or round. Also fig.
1823. Scott, St. Ronan’s, ii. He has her aften jinketing about, and back and forward, wi’ a’ the fine fichtering fools that come yonder.
1894. Emma Brooke, Superfluous Woman (ed. 4), II. 170. Lassies weary in time of jinketing round.
