transcription, транскрипция: [ klaʊn ]
( clowns, clowning, clowned)
1.
A clown is a performer in a circus who wears funny clothes and bright make-up, and does silly things in order to make people laugh.
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2.
If you clown , you do silly things in order to make people laugh.
Bruno clowned and won affection everywhere.
= mess around
VERB : V
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Clown around and clown about mean the same as clown .
Bev made her laugh, the way she was always clowning around.
PHRASAL VERB : V P
• clown‧ing
She senses that behind the clowning there is a terrible sense of anguish.
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3.
If you say that someone is a clown , you mean that they say funny things or do silly things to amuse people.
He was laughing, the clown of the twosome.
= joker
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4.
If you describe someone as a clown , you disapprove of them and have no respect for them. ( INFORMAL )
I still think I could do a better job than those clowns in Washington.
= idiot, fool
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