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Definition of Clown

1. Verb. Act as or like a clown.

2. Noun. A rude or vulgar fool.

3. Noun. A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior.

Definition of Clown

1. n. A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor.

2. v. i. To act as a clown; -- with it.

Definition of Clown

1. Noun. 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. ¹

2. Noun. A person who acts in a silly fashion. ¹

3. Verb. To act in a silly fashion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Clown

1. to act like a clown (a humorous performer) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clown

cloverleaf skull syndrome cloverleafed cloverleafing cloverleafs cloverleaves cloverlike cloveroot clovers clovery cloves

clow clowd clowder clowders clowlike clown (current term) clown about clown anemone fish clown around clown car

clown cars clown doctor clown doctors clown shoe clown shoes clownage clowned clowneries clownery clownfish

Literary usage of Clown

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Shakespeare's Tragedy of Hamlet: A Study for Classes in English Literature by William Shakespeare (1892)
"First clown. A' was the first that ever bore arms. Second clown. Why, he had none. First clown. What, art a heathen? How dost thou understand the Scripture? ..."

2. The Chief Elizabethan Dramatists, Excluding Shakespeare by William Allan Neilson (1911)
"clown. How ? My soul to the Devil for a shoulder of mutton, ... clown. Mass, but for the name of French crowns, a man were as good have as many Eng- Wag. ..."

3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"Enter clown, clinging to the tail of a Comet, and Pantaloon in a balloon. As clown describes a parabolic curre round the Sun, Comet's tail drops off, ..."

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