ほたえる

Etymology
From early modern form. Compare Kantō dialect, and 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to be noisy, to clown around, to cut up
 * 2)  to behave in a spoiled manner, to be puffed up

Synonyms

 * : to mess around, to be puffed up
 * : to make noise
 * : to joke around