act the jinnet

A form of act the jennet — To play around in a foolish or annoying manner.

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Meanings

verbact the jinnet (third-person singular simple present acts the jinnet, present participle acting the jinnet, simple past and past participle acted the jinnet)

present singular third person acts the jinnet · participle present acting the jinnet · participle past acted the jinnet · past acted the jinnet

  1. IrelandalternativeAlternative form of act the jennet.

    She was only codding. Or ‘acting the jinnet’ as his da called it. Man, dear, but your mother’s an awful woman for acting the jinnet,’ he’d say.

    2012 July 12, Pat McCabe, The Dead School, page 3
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APA

act the jinnet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/act%20the%20jinnet

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“act the jinnet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/act%20the%20jinnet. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “act the jinnet,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/act%20the%20jinnet.

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