act the goat in English

Forms: acts the goat [present, singular, third-person], acting the goat [participle, present], acted the goat [participle, past], acted the goat [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: act + goat Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} act the goat (third-person singular simple present acts the goat, present participle acting the goat, simple past and past participle acted the goat)

Inflected forms

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{
  "etymology_text": "act + goat",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "acts the goat",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acting the goat",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acted the goat",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acted the goat",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "act the goat (third-person singular simple present acts the goat, present participle acting the goat, simple past and past participle acted the goat)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To play around in a silly manner."
      ],
      "id": "en-act_the_goat-en-verb-CiK3QDct",
      "links": [
        [
          "play around",
          "play around"
        ],
        [
          "silly",
          "silly"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "act the giddy goat"
        },
        {
          "word": "act the jennet"
        },
        {
          "word": "act the maggot"
        },
        {
          "word": "clown around"
        },
        {
          "word": "horse around"
        },
        {
          "word": "mess about"
        },
        {
          "word": "play the goat"
        },
        {
          "word": "play the giddy goat"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "play around in a silly manner",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "błaznować"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "act the goat"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "act + goat",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "acts the goat",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acting the goat",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acted the goat",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acted the goat",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "act the goat (third-person singular simple present acts the goat, present participle acting the goat, simple past and past participle acted the goat)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To play around in a silly manner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "play around",
          "play around"
        ],
        [
          "silly",
          "silly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "act the giddy goat"
    },
    {
      "word": "act the jennet"
    },
    {
      "word": "act the maggot"
    },
    {
      "word": "clown around"
    },
    {
      "word": "horse around"
    },
    {
      "word": "mess about"
    },
    {
      "word": "play the goat"
    },
    {
      "word": "play the giddy goat"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "play around in a silly manner",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "błaznować"
    }
  ],
  "word": "act the goat"
}

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"act the goat" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms