clown
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1.0
- noun
- /klaʊn/
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- During the circus, the clown slipped on a banana peel and fell comically to the ground.
- a class clown
- play the clown
- rodeo clown
If you guys were a clown, what would your clown name be?
- If you guys were a clown, what would your clown name be?
- Send in the clowns because that's why we watch television.
- When you see a female clown, that's when I what?
Examples
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♪ ♪ You can learn things from a clown.
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A a clown car pulls up and countless clowns jump out of it.
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"People think that the clown is just nothing, that he is just for fun."
Academic text (1997) -
OK, so then the clown car opens up.
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It's just a giant clown head and it does things like this.
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- Wait, can I be the clown?
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And you can make him a clown suit from the fabric in the shop.
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Kick time fun and fitness with Kirby the Clown and the kick time kids.
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It was easy to forget about it when I played the clown and heard 'em laughing.
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And yet further proof that the clown costume is redundant.
Synonyms
267
1.7
A person who makes people laugh by telling jokes or acting
261
2.5
A person who entertains people, for example by singing or acting
145
2.5
A person who tells jokes to make people laugh
117
2.1
A person who performs to make people laugh or enjoy themselves
43
7.4
A person who acts in a silly way to make others laugh
35
2.4
A person who likes to tell jokes and make others laugh
31
8.8
An entertainer who amused a king or noble in the past
23
7.4
A person who entertains a king or queen with jokes and tricks
23
7.5
A silly person who acts funny to make others laugh
22
5.9
A person who acts silly to make others laugh
12
5.0
A person who makes people laugh by telling funny stories or jokes
9
3.4
A student who makes classmates laugh by acting silly in class
7
4.4
A person who often makes other people laugh
5
3.7
A man who makes people laugh by telling jokes or acting in a silly way
4
6.9
A person who acts silly to make others laugh
3
7.8
A person who acts silly to make others laugh
3
8.1
A person who acts in a funny, silly way to make people laugh
1
8.9
A person who makes others laugh in a group
1
9.9
A funny puppet or person who acts silly to make people laugh
A funny clown who acts silly and makes mistakes to make people laugh
A person who acts silly to make people laugh
Antonyms
15
7.5
A performer who plays a serious role in a comedy to make the other person's jokes funnier
Compounds
A small bright orange fish with white stripes that lives among sea anemones for protection
- Offensive
An election with too many messy candidates that makes it hard to pick one
How Funny
Surface Forms
Etymology
Clown first meant a 'country' or 'simple' person and may come from an old Scandinavian word klunni meaning 'clumsy person'. That's why a clown became a funny performer who uses silly, awkward actions to make people laugh.