| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A mischievous act: antic, caper, joke, lark, prank1, trick. Informal : shenanigan. Slang : monkeyshine (often used in plural). See GOOD, WORK. | | VERB: | 1. To leap and skip about playfully: caper, cavort, dance, frisk, gambol, rollick, romp. See WORK. 2. To behave riotously: carouse, revel, riot, roister. Informal : hell (around). Idioms: blow off steam, cut loose, kick over the traces, kick up one's heels, let go, let loose, make merry, make whoopee, paint the town red, raise Cain (or the devil) (or hell) , whoop it up. See RESTRAINT.
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