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antics [ˈæntɪks]
pl n
absurd or grotesque acts or postures
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plural noun clowning, tricks, stunts, mischief, larks, capers, pranks, frolics, escapades, foolishness, silliness, playfulness, skylarking, horseplay, buffoonery, tomfoolery, monkey tricks She tolerated his antics.
Translations
antics [ˈæntɪks] NPL [of clown etc] → payasadas fpl; [of child, animal etc] → gracias fpl; (= pranks) → travesuras fpl
he's up to his old antics again (pej) → ya está haciendo de las suyas otra vez

antics [ˈæntɪks] nplsingeries fpl

antics
plEskapaden pl; (= tricks)Possen pl, → Streiche pl; (= irritating behaviour)Mätzchen pl (inf); he’s up to his old antics againer macht wieder seine Mätzchen (inf); the photocopier is up to its old antics againder Fotokopierer hat wieder seine Mucken (inf)

antics [ˈæntɪks] npl (of clown) → lazzi mpl, buffonerie fpl; (of child, animal) → buffe acrobazie fpl (pej) → scherzetti mpl

antics
n pl antics [ˈӕntiks]
odd or amusing behaviour The children laughed at the monkey's antics. kaperjolle تَصَرُّف شاذ يُثير الضَّحِك лудории dovádění, šaškoviny narrestreger; krumspring; løjer die Possen καμώματα (πληθ.) gracias, bufonadas vigurid, trikid عجیب و مضحک temput bouffonneries תַעֲלוּלִים मसखरापन lakrdija bohóckodás tingkah lucu, kelakar, kejenakaan skrípalæti buffonate, comportamenti stravaganti おどけたしぐさ 익살맞은 동작 išdaigų krėtimas, darkymasis grimases; ķēmošanās menghiburkan capriolen sprell, ablegøyer błazeństwa momice bufonerii гримасы vystrájanie, fígle burke kreveljenje upptåg, krumsprång การเล่นตลก maskaralık, soytarılık, komiklik 滑稽動作 кривляння انوکھا ، مضحکہ خیز trò hề


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Therefore it dances on the hearth, and laughs broadly throughout the room, and plays a thousand antics, and throws a joyous glow over all the faces that encircle it.
Let anti-masques not be long; they have been commonly of fools, satyrs, baboons, wild-men, antics, beasts, sprites, witches, Ethiops, pigmies, turquets, nymphs, rustics, Cupids, statuas moving, and the like.
The theater was full of people, enjoying the spectacle and laughing till they cried at the antics of the two Marionettes.
 
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