Antic (Noun)
Meaning
A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The prankster's antics on stage, which included juggling rubber chickens and wearing a tutu, had the audience in stitches.
- At the annual festival, attendees gathered to watch a parade of jesters performing their best antics.
- In a show of drunken revelry, the young partygoer began to do backflips on the bar, treating onlookers to an outrageous antic.
- After too many cocktails, she turned up the music and proceeded to bust out some wacky dance moves, leaving onlookers bewildered by her latest antic.
- For their fifth-year reunion, the class clowns regrouped to recreate their old high school antics, including a memorable if slightly disturbing mascot-costumed food fight.