CLOWNING

buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank

(noun) acting like a clown or buffoon

drollery, clowning, comedy, funniness

(noun) a comic incident or series of incidents

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

clowning

present participle of clown

Noun

clowning (plural clownings)

Clownish behaviour.

Source: Wiktionary


CLOWN

Clown, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. klunni a clumsy, boorish fellow, North Fries. kl clown, dial. Sw. klunn log, Dan. klunt log block, and E. clump, n.]

1. A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor. Sir P. Sidney.

2. One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl. The clown, the child of nature, without guile. Cowper.

3. The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc. The clown shall make those laugh whose lungs are tickle o'the sere. Shak.

Clown, v. i.

Definition: To act as a clown; -- with it [Obs.] Beclowns it properly indeed. B. Jonson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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