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  • 42clown — [[t]kla͟ʊn[/t]] clowns, clowning, clowned 1) N COUNT 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. 2) VERB If you clown, you do silly things in order to make… …

    English dictionary

  • 43clown — I UK [klaʊn] / US noun [countable] Word forms clown : singular clown plural clowns 1) a performer in a circus who wears funny clothes and makes people laugh by doing silly things 2) someone who often makes people laugh by doing or saying funny… …

    English dictionary

  • 44clown — I n. 1) to act, play the clown 2) a circus clown II v. (D; intr.) to clown with * * * [klaʊn] play the clown (D; intr.) to clown with a circus clown to act …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 45clown — {{11}}clown (n.) 1560s, also cloyne, rustic, boor, peasant, origin uncertain. Perhaps from Scandinavian dialect (Cf. Icelandic klunni clumsy, boorish fellow; Swed. kluns a hard knob, a clumsy fellow ), or akin to N.Fris. klönne clumsy person, or …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 46clown — clown1 [klaun] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from French coulon someone who settles in a new country , from Latin colonus; COLONY] 1.) someone who wears funny clothes, a red nose, bright ↑make up on their face etc, and does silly things to… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 47clown — clown1 [ klaun ] noun count 1. ) a performer in a CIRCUS who wears funny clothes and makes people laugh by doing silly things 2. ) someone who often makes people laugh by doing or saying funny things 3. ) someone who is silly, stupid, or annoying …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 48clown — 1 noun (C) 1 someone who entertains people in a circus (1) by dressing in funny clothes, and doing things to make people laugh 2 someone who often makes jokes or behaves in a funny way: Frankie was a bit of a clown always up to mischief and… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 49clown — [[t]klaʊn[/t]] n. 1) a comic performer, esp. in a circus, who wears an outlandish costume and makeup and pantomimes common situations in exaggerated fashion, often also juggling, tumbling, etc 2) a joker or buffoon; jester 3) a prankster or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 50clown —    Normally used of someone who is deliberately acting in a funny way, trying to amuse others, though it can also be applied to someone who has unwittingly done something stupid. ‘Bloody clown’ as used in The Country Girls, by Edna O’Brien, is a… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address