transitive. Similarly to make it with adjective complement. to make it coy (also nice, proud, quaint, stout, strange, tough): to behave in a coy…

intransitive. To act in an affected manner; to mince. Also transitive with it.

intransitive. To assume artificial or pretended manners; to put on airs. Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To behave, esp. to speak or eat, in an affected, over-precise, or fussy manner.

to give oneself airs: to assume an unnatural or affected manner, esp. an unjustified air of superiority.

intransitive. To trifle, dally; to waste time in trifling activity. Also (occasionally) transitive: to fuss over, make a fuss of; to bestow trifles…

intransitive. To present oneself in a particular (usually assumed) character, esp. for effect or to impress others; to attitudinize; to set…

intransitive. To assume an unusual or exaggerated posture (physically or mentally); to posture, pose.

figurative. To practise affected and self-conscious deportment, or to speak or write in a corresponding manner, in order to produce an effect upon…

intransitive. Scottish. To behave or speak primly; to put on affected airs. Now rare.

intransitive. figurative. To behave in an affected manner, or in a way intended to impress or mislead others; to adopt an attitude, etc., for…

(intransitive) to act the swell, to ‘do the la-di-da’.

An object resembling the external ear. to put (or pile) on lugs, to put on airs. U.S. slang.

intransitive. To use affected manners or speech.

intransitive. U.S. slang. In African-American use: to show off; to posture or preen.