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clowns, plural;
  1. Behave in a comical way; act playfully
    • - Harvey clowned around pretending to be a dog
Noun
  1. A comic entertainer, esp. one in a circus, wearing a traditional costume and exaggerated makeup

  2. A comical, silly, playful person
    • - I was always the class clown
  3. A foolish or incompetent person
    • - we need a serious government, not a bunch of clowns
  4. An unsophisticated country person; a rustic

  1. a rude or vulgar fool
  2. act as or like a clown
  3. a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
  4. (clowning) buffoonery: acting like a clown or buffoon
  5. (clowning) drollery: a comic incident or series of incidents
  6. Clowns are comical performers, stereotypically characterized by their grotesque appearances: colored wigs, stylistic makeup, outlandish costumes, unusually large footwear, red-nose, etc., who entertain spectators by acting in a hilarious fashion. The types of their acts varies greatly. ...
  7. "Clown" (Greek script: "Κλόουν") was the Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, performed in Greek by Afroditi Frida.
  8. The Clown is the name of two fictional characters in the Marvel Universe.
  9. Clown is the fourth single by nu metal band Korn from their self-titled debut album. The video for this song, directed by McG actually refers to lead singer Jonathan Davis painful experiences from high school, where he was constantly picked on and ridiculed. ...
  10. "The Clown" is a 1982 single written by Wayne Carson, Brenda Barnett, Charlie Chalmers, and Sandra Rhodes and recorded by Conway Twitty. "The Clown" was Conway Twitty's 28th number one the country chart. ...
  11. The Clown is a 1976 West German film directed by Vojtěch Jasný. It is based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Böll. ...
  12. A performance artist often associated with a circus and typically characterised by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig and who performs slapstick; A person who acts in a silly fashion; To act in a silly fashion
  13. (Clowning) Genetic reproduction of people who do not take life very seriously.
  14. (Clowning) Pantomiming common situations or actions in an exaggerated or ridiculous fashion. Frequently associated with modern circus clowns – but at least one member of Extra-Strength (the one writing this Glossary) has a pathological fear of clowns, so let’s not go there.
  15. (CLOWNS) Acronym for Crush Liberalism Objective World News Service, the blog’s version of CNN…only more reliable than CNN. Any report from CLOWNS will be easily noticed (by anyone having more than two functioning brain cells) as satire.
  16. (Clowns) A group of wacky luxers whose weapons of choice include pies, whoopee cushions, links that go nowhere, and type rs frantically if they are not in the game. The clowns united in November 2007.
  17. (Clowns) A relatively new matchcover category depicting a clown.
  18. (Clowns) Clown car: SPOILERS.
  19. (Clowns) These smiling jesters are as American as Apple Pie. They can turn the world on with their smiles.
  20. All clowns are poets, but not all poets are clowns. Use this term with great care.
  21. (1) A fool or rural bumpkin in Shakespearean vocabulary. Examples of this type of clown include Lance, Bottom, Dogberry, and other Shakespearean characters. ...
  22. Generic term for all clowns and augustes. Specific: In Europe, the elegant, whiteface character who plays the role of the straight man to the Auguste in a clown team.
  23. appearances not not always as they seem, to see a clown could be someone hiding behind a mask.
  24. A circus actor, a performer of comic tricks (acts). There are a great number of various clown lines: carpet clown, buff-clown, auguste, eccentric clown, music clown, etc.
  25. Switchman or yard brakeman. Clown wagon is caboose