act the goat

To behave comically or playfully, often to amuse others. Joe never acts the goat—he's always serious. If you continue to act the goat, you're going to have to leave the classroom.

act/play the goat

(informal)

to behave in a silly way, sometimes in order to make people laugh Insecure and lonely, he resorted to acting the goat to get people's attention.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bilbo	BIL-bo (English)	Literature
Lawson	LAW-sən	English
Cecilio	the-THEE-lyo (Spanish), se-SEE-lyo (Latin American Spanish), che-CHEE-lyo (Italian)	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
LubomÍR	-	Czech
BÄRbel	-	German
Teodor	te-AW-dawr (Polish), TE-o-dor (Croatian)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Hungarian,