Antic

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  • noun. A foolish or ludicrous act; a caper.
  • noun. A buffoon, especially a performing clown.
  • adjective. Ludicrously odd; bizarre.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make antic or grotesque.
  • To perform antics; play tricks; cut capers.
  • Belonging to former times; ancient; antique.
  • Having existed for a long time; old; aged.
  • Proper to former times; antiquated; old-fashioned.
  • Fantastic, grotesque, odd, strange, or ludicrous, in form, dress, gesture, or posture.
  • noun. A man of ancient times; an ancient; in plural, the ancients.
  • noun. In art, antic work; a composition consisting of fantastic figures of men, animals, foliage, and flowers incongruously combined or run together; a fantastic, grotesque, or fanciful figure.
  • noun. A grotesque, fantastic, odd, strange, or ludicrous gesture or posture; a fantastic trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper.
  • noun. A grotesque pageant; a piece of mummery; a ridiculous interlude; a mask.
  • noun. A buffoon; a clown; a merry-andrew.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Old; antique.
  • adjective. Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous.
  • transitive verb. To make appear like a buffoon.
  • intransitive verb. To perform antics.
  • noun. A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play.
  • noun. An odd imagery, device, or tracery; a fantastic figure.
  • noun. A grotesque trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper.
  • noun. A grotesque representation.
  • noun. An antimask.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Grotesque, incongruous.
  • adjective. Grotesque, bizarre; absurd.
  • adjective. Alternative form of antique.
  • noun. A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle.
  • noun. A caricature.
  • noun. A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour.
  • noun. A grotesque performer or clown.
  • noun. A pose, often exaggerated, in anticipation of an action; for example, a brief squat before jumping
  • verb. To perform antics.
  • verb. this sense?) To make a fool of.
  • verb. To perform (an action) as an antic; to mimic ridiculously.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. act as or like a clown
  • adjective. ludicrously odd
  • noun. a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
  • Word Usage
    "A week without another nutcase Republican antic is like a day without sunshine."
    Equivalent
    strange  unusual  
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    anticked  antickt  
    Hypernym
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    jest  joke  
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