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# antic

«antic» in Mova's school dictionary: **A silly, playful trick or action that makes people laugh** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (antics; the plural is used most)

### meaning for a pupil

A silly, playful trick or action that makes people laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antic/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

the playful tricks of a character, most often in the plural (antics)

### examples

- The kittens did their antics on the rug. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antic/#x1)
- The clown's antics made us laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antic/#x2)
- He stopped his silly antics and sat down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antic/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «antic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.