Don't act like a jackanape at the dinner table.

Her jackanape attitude rubbed the guests the wrong way.

At the old fair, the tamer proudly showed off a mischievous jackanapes that performed tricks for coins.

The old sailor scolded the jackanapes who kept mimicking the captain.

At the town meeting, the mayor scolded the jackanapeses who disrupted the proceedings.

His constant jackanapery at meetings eventually cost him the promotion.

Despite repeated warnings, the mayor's tolerance for his aides' jackanaperies seemed endless.