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verb
To make a public and usually ostentatious show of
Synonyms: shows, parades, flaunts, flashes, exposes, exhibits, disports, displays, brandishes
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verb
Wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
Synonyms: frolics, plays, romps, boasts, recreates, dons, games, frisks, disports, funs, gambols, exercises, cavorts, displays, dallies, rollicks, contests, capers, features
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noun
Athletic or competitive amusement
Synonyms: contests, games, competitions
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noun
Verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
Synonyms: plays, funs, recreations, games, toys, pleasures, variations, diversions, ridicules, revels, pleasantries, revelries, pastimes, monstrosities, festivities, mockeries, jollities, jeers, disports, mutations, amusements, enjoyments, playthings, carnivals
Antonyms: works, vocations
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noun
Someone who engages in sports
Synonyms: sportsmen, rakes, gamblers
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noun
A joke
Synonyms: plays, mockeries, drolleries, jollities, tomfooleries, mummeries, games, jests, pleasantries, railleries, escapades, nonsenses, funs