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Definition of clown verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

clown

verb

NAmE//klaʊn//

[intransitive] clown (around) (often disapproving)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they clown

he / she / it clowns

past simple clowned

-ing form clowning

to behave in a silly way, especially in order to make other people laugh

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