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The meaning of ANTIC is an attention-drawing, often wildly playful or funny act or action : caper —usually plural. How to use antic in a sentence. Did you know?
ANTIC definition: 1. strange and unusual, especially in a silly or very energetic way: 2. strange and unusual…. Learn more.
An antic is a prank to the extreme. It’s outrageous, but it’s usually meant to be funny. When the senior class steals the principal’s car and manages to get it inside the gym, the antic may be condemned by the school, but everyone else probably thinks it’s hilarious.
ANTIC meaning: 1. strange and unusual, especially in a silly or very energetic way: 2. strange and unusual…. Learn more.
noun. Usually antics. a playful trick or prank; caper. a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture. Archaic. an actor in a grotesque or ridiculous presentation. a buffoon; clown. Obsolete. a grotesque theatrical presentation; ridiculous interlude.
1. Usu., antics. a. a playful or silly trick or prank; caper. b. a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture. 2. Archaic.
1. Archaic. fantastic and queer; grotesque. : also ˈantick. 2. odd and funny; ludicrous. noun. 3. a playful, silly, or ludicrous act, trick, etc.; prank; caper. 4. Archaic. a clown or buffoon. verb intransitive Word forms: ˈanticked or ˈanticking. 5. to perform antics; caper. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
