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Clown Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Clown? [n] a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior [n] a rude or vulgar fool [v] act as or like a clown Synonyms \| Synonyms for Clown: antic \| buffoon \| clown around \| merry andrew Related Terms \| Find terms related to Clown: acrobat \| aerialist \| apple knocker \| arriviste \| ass \| Babbitt \| banana \| bareback rider \| be foolish \| be stupid \| blockhead \| blunderer \| blunderhead \| boor \| born fool \| botcher \| bounder \| bourgeois \| bucolic \| buffo \| buffoon \| bumbler \| bumpkin \| bungler \| burlesquer \| cad \| caper \| caricaturist \| churl \| circus artist \| clod \| clodhopper \| clodknocker \| clot \| clown around \| Columbine \| comedian \| comic \| country bumpkin \| cut up \| cutup \| dolt \| doodle \| egregious ass \| epicier \| epigrammatist \| equestrian director \| equilibrist \| farceur \| farmer \| figure of fun \| flier \| fool \| fool around \| frivol \| fumbler \| funnyman \| gag writer \| gagman \| gagster \| galoot \| gawk \| get funny \| go haywire \| gowk \| groundling \| guttersnipe \| Hanswurst \| Harlequin \| hayseed \| hick \| high-wire artist \| hillbilly \| hooligan \| horse around \| humorist \| ignoramus \| ill-bred fellow \| invite ridicule \| ironist \| jackass \| jack-pudding \| jerk \| jester \| joker \| jokesmith \| jokester \| juggler \| klutz \| lampooner \| lion tamer \| looby \| lout \| low fellow \| lubber \| lummox \| lunatic \| madcap \| merry-andrew \| milksop \| mime \| mooncalf \| motley \| motley fool \| mountebank \| mucker \| mummer \| nouveau riche \| oaf \| ox \| Pantalone \| Pantaloon \| parodist \| parvenu \| peasant \| perfect fool \| Philistine \| pickle-herring \| play the buffoon \| play the fool \| Polichinelle \| prankster \| provincial \| Pulcinella \| Punch \| Punchinello \| punner \| punster \| quipster \| reparteeist \| ribald \| ringmaster \| rough \| roughneck \| rowdy \| rube \| ruffian \| rustic \| satirist \| Scaramouch \| schmuck \| slack-rope artist \| slouch \| slubberer \| snake charmer \| softhead \| sop \| stupid ass \| sword swallower \| tightrope walker \| tomfool \| trapeze artist \| trifle \| tumbler \| upstart \| vulgarian \| vulgarist \| wag \| wagwit \| wisecracker \| wit \| witling \| yahoo \| yokel \| zany See Also \| comedian \| comic \| Emmett Kelly \| fool \| harlequin \| jest \| jester \| joke \| Kelly \| muggins \| Pantaloon \| sap \| saphead \| tomfool \| Weary Willie \| whiteface \| zany Clown In Webster's Dictionary \Clown\ (kloun), n. [Cf. Icel. klunni a clumsy, boorish fellow, North Fries. kl["o]nne 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 ill-bred 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. To act as a clown; -- with it. [Obs.] Beshrew me, he clowns it properly indeed. --B. Jonson.

Clown Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Clown?

[n] a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
[n] a rude or vulgar fool
[v] act as or like a clown

Synonyms | Synonyms for Clown: antic | buffoon | clown around | merry andrew

Clown In Webster's Dictionary

\Clown\ (kloun), n. [Cf. Icel. klunni a clumsy, boorish
fellow, North Fries. kl["o]nne 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
   ill-bred 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.
To act as a clown; -- with it. [Obs.]

      Beshrew me, he clowns it properly indeed. --B. Jonson.

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