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antics

British  
/ ˈæntɪks /

plural noun

  1. absurd or grotesque acts or postures

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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New York Times food reporter Priya Krishna wrote her cookbook "Indian-ish: Recipes and Antics from a Modern American Family" with her mother.

From Salon • May 26, 2022

Antics, grudges, career-wrangling — anguish — are voluptuously recounted, befitting a first-tier noticer.

From Washington Post • Dec. 24, 2021

In 2013 he appeared in Animal Antics, a spoof news programme in which he was usually upstaged by a man dressed as a dog.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2020

Antics aside, Stephenson, 24, is a talent who will provide the Hornets with both offense and defense.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2014

Diverted by the Gambols and Antics of the Monkeys and Apes: yet ashamed to see such vile Likenesses of ourselves: and the Apes especially; and the Crowd of Women and Ladies gazing at them!

From Manners & Cvftoms of ye Englyfhe Drawn from ye Qvick by Doyle, Richard

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