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pelleillä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • antic noun A piece of foolish, playful or attention-seeking behaviour; 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

  1. noun A piece of foolish, playful or attention-seeking behaviour; usually used in the plural.
  2. adjective Grotesque or absurd in an oddly theatrical way.

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