harlequin
/ˈhɑɹlɪkwɪn/ verb C2- To remove or conjure away, as if by a harlequin's trick.
- To make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
He/she/it harlequins · Past harlequined · Past participle harlequined · -ing form harlequining
Verb forms
- Base form
- harlequin
- He/she/it
- harlequins
- Past
- harlequined
- Past participle
- harlequined
- -ing form
- harlequining
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He jumped from ticker to ’phone, from desk to door with the trained agility of a harlequin.
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