Definition of Antics

1. Noun. (plural of antic) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of antic) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Antics

1. antic [v] - See also: antic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antics

anticrime
anticriminal
anticrisis
anticritical
anticriticism
anticross
anticrossed
anticrosses
anticrossing
anticrossings
anticrowd
anticruelty
anticryptic
anticryptococcal
anticryptography
antics (current term)
anticult
anticultism
anticultist
anticultists
anticults
anticultural
anticulture
anticultures
anticurare
anticure
anticus
anticyclogeneses
anticyclogenesis
anticyclolyses

Literary usage of Antics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. by Charles Darwin (1871)
"The males sometimes pay their court by dancing, or by fantastic antics performed either on the ground or in the air. In one instance, at least, ..."

2. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin (1871)
"The males sometimes pay their court by dancing, or by fantastic antics performed either on the ground or in the air. In one instance, at least, ..."

3. The Story of the Birds by James Newton Baskett (1897)
"BIRDS are much given to antics, and seem at times to display a sense of humor. ... antics doubtless have their origin in an excess of energy usually ..."

4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1884)
"... now seated on his haunches, and now again standing on his head, or going through other " uncouth and bearish antics," was so ordinary an object in FIG. ..."

5. Recollections of Samuel Breck: With Passages from His Note-books. (1771-1862.) by Samuel Breck, Horace Elisha Scudder (1877)
"... Brattle—Beacon Hill — Boston Boys — antics — The Whipping-Post — The Breck Mansion—La Fayette at Town Meeting—Lively antics on High Buildings—A Naval ..."

6. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"... their Characters—Buoyant Feelings on Launching upon the Prairies—Wild Equipments of the Trappers- Their Gambols and antics—Difference of Character ..."

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