Clown

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A buffoon or jester who entertains by jokes, antics, and tricks in a circus, play, or other presentation.
  • n. One who jokes and plays tricks.
  • n. A coarse, rude, vulgar person; a boor.
  • n. A peasant; a rustic.
  • verb-intransitive. To behave like a buffoon or jester.
  • verb-intransitive. To perform as a buffoon or jester.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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.
  • n. A person who acts in a silly fashion.
  • v. To act in a silly fashion.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor.
  • n. One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.
  • n. The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc.
  • verb-intransitive. To act as a clown; -- with it.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A man of rustic or coarse manners; a person without refinement; a lout; a boor; a churl.
  • n. A husbandman; a peasant; a rustic.
  • n. A professional or habitual jester; a merryman or buffoon, as in a pantomime, circus, or other place of entertainment, and formerly in the households of the great.
  • n. Synonyms See jester and zany.
  • To act or behave as a clown; play the clown.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. act as or like a clown
  • n. a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
  • n. a rude or vulgar fool
  • Verb Form
    clowned    clowning    clowns   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    joke    jest   
    Cross Reference
    rustic    boor    simpleton    buffoon    coulrophobia    jester    jackpudding   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    boor    rustic    churl    fool    buffoon   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brown    Browne    Down    Downe    Town    around    brown    crown    crowne    down   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    buffoon    comedian    acrobat    juggler    performer    monkey    actor    dancer    beggar    magician