verb
- engaging in playful, silly, or mischievous behavior; acting in a clownish or foolish manner
Usage: present participle of antic; informal
noun
- playful, silly, or mischievous behavior; foolish or ridiculous actions
Usage: gerund form of antic
Examples
- The children were anticking around the playground, making everyone laugh.
- Stop anticking and pay attention to the lesson.
- His anticking during the meeting annoyed the serious executives.
- The comedian's anticking on stage delighted the audience.
- They spent the afternoon anticking in the park without a care in the world.
- Her anticking and jokes helped lighten the mood at the party.