act the jennet

verb

To play around in a foolish or annoying manner.

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act the goatact the maggotclown aroundhorse aroundmess about
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Meanings

verbact the jennet (third-person singular simple present acts the jennet, present participle acting the jennet, simple past and past participle acted the jennet)

present singular third person acts the jennet · participle present acting the jennet · participle past acted the jennet · past acted the jennet · alternative act the jinnet

  1. IrelandTo play around in a foolish or annoying manner.

    Nobody knew, at least we never did, whether it was from just acting the jennet or out of badness that he called Babs by that name.

    6 June 2004, Hugh Leonard, A night with Hilton and Michael, Sunday Independent

    Synonyms: act the goat, act the maggot, clown around, horse around, mess about

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo play around in a foolish or annoying manner.

Similar
act the goatact the maggotclown aroundhorse aroundmess about
Also see
act the goatact the maggot
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Chicago

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