pelleillä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- antic noun A piece of foolish, playful or attention-seeking behavior; usually used in the plural.
- buffoon noun Someone who acts in a silly, clownish way, or who behaves so foolishly that it's almost comical.
- clown around verb To behave in a silly, playful way instead of taking a situation seriously, usually to entertain other people or to avoid getting on with the task at hand.
- frig verb Vulgar slang: used as a milder alternative to a stronger swear word, often to express annoyance.
- horse noun A large hoofed mammal with a mane and tail, long domesticated for riding, pulling loads, and farm work.
Senses
pelleillä is used for these senses in English:
- antic (intransitive) To perform antics, to caper.
- buffoon To behave like a buffoon
- clown around To have fun in an irresponsible manner.
- frig (intransitive, slang) To mess or muck usually with about or around'.
- horse To sit astride of; to bestride.
- mess with (colloquial) To joke around with or dupe someone, in either a friendly or unfriendly manner.
- muck about (informal, intransitive, British, Australia) To be playful; full of fun and high spirits; to treat a situation unseriously.
- play the fool (idiomatic) To behave in a foolish or comical manner.
antic — full definition
- noun A piece of foolish, playful or attention-seeking behavior; usually used in the plural.
- adjective Grotesque or absurd in an oddly theatrical way.
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