act the maggot
English
verb
Definitions
- (Ireland) To play around in a foolish or annoying manner.
Etymology
Compound from English act + English the + English maggot.
Origin
English
maggot
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- act English
- actability English
- actable English
- acteme English
- acter English
- actest English
- acteth English
- actless English
- anteact English
- antimaggot English
- behind the scenes English
- counteract English
- give the lie English
- interact English
- kill-the-beggar English
- made English
- maggot English
- maggoted English
- maggotish English
- maggotless English
- maggotlike English
- maggotorium English
- maggotry English
- maggoty English
- misact English
- multiact English
- mumblety peg English
- natheless English
- ne'ertheless English
- neverthelater English
- nevertheless English
- neverthemore English
- nonetheless English
- outact English
- overact English
- playact English
- postact English
- preact English
- proact English
- react English
- retroact English
- the English
- underact English
- ジエンド Japanese
- magot Middle English
- the Middle English
- acte Old French
- the Serbo-Croatian
- act Welsh
- di Jamaican Creole
- di Nigerian Pidgin
- act
- the
- made
- react
- acter
- proact
- acteth
- actest
- acteme
- preact
- misact
- maggot
- outact
- actable
- postact
- actless
- playact
- overact
- maggoty
- anteact
- maggotry
- interact
- multiact
- maggoted
- retroact
- underact
- maggotish
- natheless
- counteract
- antimaggot
- maggotless
- actability
- maggotlike
- nonetheless
- maggotorium
- nevertheless
- give the lie
- neverthemore
- ne'ertheless
- mumblety peg
- neverthelater
- kill-the-beggar
- behind the scenes