To express joy or excitement through lively, noisy, and unrestrained celebration or revelry.
1.1. Public celebration and rejoicing
Celebrates an event or expresses happiness through enthusiastic, noisy, and exuberant festivities.
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Examples
- The students began to mafficks as soon as the teacher announced the cancellation of exams.
- The crowd continued to mafficks well into the night after their favorite band's performance.
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1.2. Engages in lively and playful activity
Behaves energetically and playfully, often through uninhibited movement, joking, or boisterous antics.
Synonyms
Examples
- The children maffick around the playground during their break.
Related Words
- fools around
- horses around
- cuts up
- acts out
- runs riot
1.3. Behaves noisily or mischievously
Acts in a boisterous, disruptive, or attention-seeking manner, often through excessive playfulness or unruly behavior.
Synonyms
- acts up
- carries on
- cuts up
- fools around
- horses around
- hotdogs
- misbehaves
- roars
- roughhouses
- showboats
- shows off
Examples
- The students maffick in the classroom when their teacher leaves.
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