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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.
Slang . a coarse, ill-bred person; a boor.
a peasant; rustic.
verb (used without object) Origin of clown 1555–65; earlier cloyne, clowne, perhaps akin to Old Norse klunni boor, Danish dialect klunds, Swedish dialect klunn log
SYNONYMS FOR clown 3 lout, churl.
4 bumpkin.
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OTHER WORDS FROM clown clownish, adjective clown·ish·ly, adverb clown·ish·ness, noun Words nearby clown cloverleaf aerial, Clovis, Clovis I, clovis point, clowder, clown , clown anemone, clown car, clownery, clown white, cloxacillin
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Example sentences from the Web for clown So many families come that Vargas has arranged for a clown to entertain the kids.
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There have more recent reports of Wasco Clown inspired sightings from as far away as Fishers, Indiana.
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The subtext of the clown is that life is a joke and can be snatched away at any moment.
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There is something about a clown that stays with people: the bright colors, their tendency to be demonstrative.
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The clown , by boisterous and often indecorous jest, raises peals of merriment.
A Civil Servant in Burma | Herbert Thirkel White
But Southwark ought to have sufficed to satisfy the ambition of a clown .
The Man Who Laughs | Victor Hugo
Many exciting adventures were happening there behind the screen to the little yellow-gowned girl and the clown in satin.
Little Jeanne of France | Madeline Brandeis
This news was so unexpected, so startling that for a moment the clown was dumb; and now his surprise was genuine.
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But the two little girls were crying bitterly in one another's arms, and Barbara turned on the clown with tremendous indignation.
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British Dictionary definitions for clown 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
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (intr) to perform as a clown
to play jokes or tricks
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Derived forms of clown clownery , noun clownish , adjective clownishly , adverb clownishness , noun Word Origin for clown C16: perhaps of Low German origin; compare Frisian klönne, Icelandic klunni clumsy fellow
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