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clown
[ kloun ]
noun
- a comic performer, as in a circus, theatrical production, or the like, who wears an outlandish costume and makeup and entertains by pantomiming common situations or actions in exaggerated or ridiculous fashion, by juggling or tumbling, etc.
- a person who acts like a clown; comedian; joker; buffoon; jester.
- a prankster; a practical joker.
Synonyms: ,
- Slang. a coarse, ill-bred person; a boor.
Synonyms:
- a peasant; rustic.
verb (used without object)
- to act like a clown.
clown
/ ʊ /
noun
- a comic entertainer, usually grotesquely costumed and made up, appearing in the circus
- any performer who elicits an amused response
- someone who plays jokes or tricks
- a person who acts in a comic or buffoon-like manner
- a coarse clumsy rude person; boor
- archaic.a countryman or rustic
verb
- to perform as a clown
- to play jokes or tricks
- to act foolishly
Derived Forms
- ˈǷɲԱ, noun
- ˈǷɲԾԱ, noun
- ˈǷɲԾ, adverb
- ˈǷɲԾ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- Ƿɲi adjective
- Ƿɲi·ly adverb
- Ƿɲi·ness noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of clown1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of clown1
Example Sentences
Remarkably, when Iris realizes that an emotional support certification would bar her building from evicting her, “The Friend” carefully avoids making Iris into one of these Upper West Side clowns.
It came naturally to someone who admits he was "always the class clown" at school, and enjoyed being the centre of attention.
"Why don't I become a circus clown?" he told a reporter in 2012.
What we hadn’t considered is the extent to which a complicit entertainment industry has been softening us up by elevating clowns into sages.
Abraham, adopting a dignified clown demeanor, has an embodied theatricality that is well suited to Beckett’s style.
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