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antics
Noun, pl
absurd acts or postures [Italian antico something grotesque (from fantastic carvings found in ruins of ancient Rome)]
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antics
plural noun clowning, tricks, stunts, mischief, larks, capers, pranks, frolics, escapades, foolishness, silliness, playfulness, skylarking, horseplay, buffoonery, tomfoolery, monkey tricks
Translations
Spanish antics [ˈæntɪks] npl → payasadas fpl
French antics [ˈæntɪks] npl → singeries fpl
German antics [ˈæntɪks] npl → Mätzchen pl;
(of politicians etc) → Gehabe nt
Italian antics [ˈæntɪks] npl → buffonerie fpl
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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.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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 Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
The theater was full of people, enjoying the spectacle and laughing till they cried at the antics of the two Marionettes.
The Adventures Of Pinocchio by Collodi, Carlo View in context
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