English Dictionary

antic

/ˈæn.tɪk/

verb

(intransitive) To perform antics, to caper. / (obsolete) To make a fool of, to cause to look ridiculous. / (transitive, rare) To perform (an action) as an antic; to mimic ridiculously.

The clown antic on the stage, making everyone laugh.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To perform antics, to caper.

Jerry no more than cocked a contemptuous quizzical eye at the mainsail anticking above him. He knew already the empty windiness of its threats, but he was careful of the mainsheet blocks, and walked around the traveller instead of over it.

意味（2）

(obsolete) To make a fool of, to cause to look ridiculous.

Gentle lords, let's part; / You see we have burnt our cheeks: strong Enobarb / Is weaker than the wine; and mine own tongue / Splits what it speaks: the wild disguise hath almost / Antick'd us all.

意味（3）

(transitive, rare) To perform (an action) as an antic; to mimic ridiculously.

She unfastened her dress, her arms arched thin and high, her shadow anticking her movements.