clown
verb/klaʊn/
/klaʊn/
[intransitive] (often disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they clown | /klaʊn/ /klaʊn/ |
| he / she / it clowns | /klaʊnz/ /klaʊnz/ |
| past simple clowned | /klaʊnd/ /klaʊnd/ |
| past participle clowned | /klaʊnd/ /klaʊnd/ |
| -ing form clowning | /ˈklaʊnɪŋ/ /ˈklaʊnɪŋ/ |
- clown (around) to behave in a silly way, especially in order to make other people laughWord Originmid 16th cent. relating to an unsophisticated country person: perhaps of Low German origin.
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