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clown

[ kloun ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. a person who acts like a clown; comedian; joker; buffoon; jester.
  3. a prankster; a practical joker.

    Synonyms: ,

  4. Slang. a coarse, ill-bred person; a boor.

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  5. a peasant; rustic.


verb (used without object)

  1. to act like a clown.

clown

/ 办濒补蕣苍 /

noun

  1. a comic entertainer, usually grotesquely costumed and made up, appearing in the circus
  2. any performer who elicits an amused response
  3. someone who plays jokes or tricks
  4. a person who acts in a comic or buffoon-like manner
  5. a coarse clumsy rude person; boor
  6. archaic.
    a countryman or rustic
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to perform as a clown
  2. to play jokes or tricks
  3. to act foolishly
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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  • 藞肠濒辞飞苍颈蝉丑, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠濒辞飞苍顎僫蝉丑 adjective
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  • 肠濒辞飞苍顎僫蝉丑路ness noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of clown1

1555鈥65; earlier cloyne, clowne, perhaps akin to Old Norse klunni boor, Danish dialect klunds, Swedish dialect klunn log
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of clown1

C16: perhaps of Low German origin; compare Frisian 办濒枚苍苍别, Icelandic klunni clumsy fellow
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Like any good horror buff, Sandberg knows that the best examples need only a few well-honed elements to work: a group of young people, the aforementioned scary cabin and, in this case, clowns.

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After all, it鈥檚 hard to be taken seriously when the 鈥渆ntire鈥 Pentagon considers Hegseth a cable news clown with bad tattoos who wants to install a makeup room in the Pentagon.

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This past summer, we gathered in New Rochelle and did double Dutch lessons, clowning classes and Pilates.

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Remarkably, when Iris realizes that an emotional support certification would bar her building from evicting her, 鈥淭he Friend鈥 carefully avoids making Iris into one of these Upper West Side clowns.

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It came naturally to someone who admits he was "always the class clown" at school, and enjoyed being the centre of attention.

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