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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.

a grotesque or fantastic sculptured figure, as a gargoyle.

adjective

ludicrous; funny.

fantastic; odd; grotesque: an antic disposition.

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verb (used without object)

Obsolete. to perform antics; caper.

Origin:
1520–30; earlier antike, antique < Italian antico ancient (< Latin antīcus, antīquus; see antique), apparently taken to mean “grotesque,” as used in descriptions of fantastic figures found in Roman ruins

Related forms

an·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Can be confused: antic, antique.

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Example Sentences

He has managed to avoid teenage antics in residence halls, since.

By contrast, those studying the proteome have been self-effacing, which is why the news is not full of their antics.

Tourtakers shouldn't expect to see any wild animal antics in person.

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He has managed to avoid teenage antics in residence halls, since.

By contrast, those studying the proteome have been self-effacing, which is why the news is not full of their antics.

Tourtakers shouldn't expect to see any wild animal antics in person.

You're bible-banging antics are the gateway to nausea.

Between the courtroom antics of lawyers, witnesses and jurors, reason doesn't always prevail in our legal system.

Secular believers and nonbelievers had better understand their antics and resolve.

One big no-no is damaging the brand with playboy antics.

The antics of the cubs and the show of affection by the lionesses was amazing to watch up close.

The group moves rapidly through a slew of creative antics.

My usual antics of having them write about the material for discussion use is not working.

Their antics set the treetops in motion, shaking and swaying along the shore as if they had sprung to life.

Homestar's online antics became a hit on the web, and the audience grew through word of mouth.

The idea was that you'd draw attention to yourself with your outrage and your outrageous antics.

But the nut-smashing antics of a young female gorilla may help change that perception, experts say.

Your boy's antics do sound pretty funny, as long as they're not destructive or dangerous.

Security guards witness many of these antics after the library is closed.

Third, instead of team building, such antics create and accent the distance between proletariate and low level management.

Yet the antics of the socialism-and-death-panels crowd.

Among insiders, politicians' antics in bed are often well-known but usually not publicised.

My dad introduced my brother and me to their antics and would often.

The kids in the theater were clearly entertained by the antics of the zoo animals.

Washington needs to stop the political antics and focus on housing and jobs.

Yes, the people in charge are idiots, but their antics also provide endless entertainment.

As a candidate, he toned down his antics and donned bespoke suits.

Angered by the antics of his neighbor, which included.

Children in the audience were enthralled by the antics of the performers, many of whom were similar in age.

It seems to be a dictatorship-but officials semi-privately hint at their distaste for their leader's antics.

The scientific community and media is not immune from their antics and it is rightly on guard against the trickster.

His mute, hilarious antics are delivered with a mixture of.

His provocative antics get attention, but they also alienate his friends.

Went out for drinks and such tonight and had a group chuckle about the antics of the hiring committee.

Being a lawyer makes a judge partial to a lawyers antics.

At first her antics from a few years ago did not show.

Hocutt is helping it do so without the antics and violations the team was long known for.

To be sure, much online content is stuck at the level of pet antics and one-off viral videos.

It's the smile of a patient schoolmarm familiar with the antics of rowdy students.

All our critters get names for reasons related to personal affinities and animal antics.

Anarchist antics may not affect business, but national media attention and upset corporate investors will.

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World English Dictionary

antics (ˈæntɪks)

—*pl n*
	absurd or grotesque acts or postures

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Word Origin & History

antic

1520s, from It. antico "antique," from L. antiquus "old" (see antique). Originally (like grotesque) referring to the strange and fantastic representations on ancient murals unearthed around Rome, later extended to any bizarre thing or behavior, in which sense it first arrived in English.

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antics

"ludicrous behavior," 1520s; see antic.

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