clown

🇺🇸 /klaʊn/ 🇬🇧 /klaʊn/
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Tags TOP10000CEFR-A2
noun
R

A performer who wears funny clothes and makeup to make people laugh.

The clown at the circus made all the children laugh.

R

A person who acts in a foolish or silly way.

Don't be a clown and follow the rules.

verb
R

To act silly or funny to make others laugh.

He likes to clown around with his friends.

translation

n. A performer who wears funny clothes and makeup to make people laugh.; A person who acts in a foolish or silly way.
v. To act silly or funny to make others laugh.

Word Forms

Plural clowns
Progressive clowning
Past clowned
3rd Present clowns
Perfect clowned