1. A rude or vulgar fool
   - buffoon 
2. A person who amuses others by ridiculous behaviour
   - buffoon, goof, goofball [N. Amer], merry andrew [archaic], droll [archaic]

1. Act as or like a clown
   - clown around, antic [archaic]

Derived forms: clowns, clowning, clowned

See also: clowning

Type of: boofhead [Austral], charlie [Brit], comedian, comic, drongo [Austral, NZ], fool, galah [Austral], jest, joke, juggins [Brit], jughead [N. Amer], mampara [S.Africa], meathead, moegoe [S.Africa], muggins [Brit], sap, tomfool

Encyclopedia: Clown

• thymic
• thymic acid
• thymidine
• thymine
• thymol
• thymosin
• thymus
• thymus gland
• Thymus serpyllum
• Thymus vulgaris
• thymy
• Thyreophora
• thyreophoran
• thyristor
• thyrocalcitonin
• thyroglobulin
• thyroid
• thyroid cartilage
• thyroid gland
• thyroid hormone
• thyroid vein
• thyroid-stimulating hormone
• thyroidal
• thyroidectomy
• thyroiditis