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Definition of 'clown' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) clown
a comic performer, esp. in a circus, who wears an outlandish costume and makeup and pantomimes common situations in exaggerated fashion, often also juggling, tumbling, etc.

2.  clown
a joker or buffoon; jester.

3.  clown
a prankster or practical joker.

4.  clown
Slang. a boor, oaf, or fool.

5.  clown
a peasant; rustic.

6. (v.i.) clown
to act like a clown.

Etymology:  (1555–65; earlier cloyne, clowne, perh. akin to ON klunni boor, dial. Dan klunds, dial. Sw klunn log)

Definition of 'clown' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) clown, buffoon
a rude or vulgar fool

2. (verb) clown, buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrew
a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior

3. (verb) clown, clown around, antic
act as or like a clown


Definition of 'clown' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) clown
a funny performer with a painted face
circus clowns

2.  clown
a silly or stupid person
the class clown

3. (verb) clown
to behave in a silly way
students clowning around in class


Definition of 'clown' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) clown
a man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor

2. (noun) clown
one who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl

3. (noun) clown
the fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc

4. (verb) clown
to act as a clown; -- with it


Translation of 'clown' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a person who works in a circus, performing funny acts (usually ridiculously dressed).

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: hanswors Arabic flag Arabic: مُهَرِّج Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: клоун
Brazilian flag Brazilian: palhaço Czech flag Czech: klaun German flag German: der Clown
Danish flag Danish: klovn Greek flag Greek: παλιάτσος, κλόουν Spanish flag Spanish: payaso
Estonian flag Estonian: kloun Farsi flag Farsi: دلقک Finnish flag Finnish: klovni
French flag French: clown Hebrew flag Hebrew: מוּקיוֹן Hindi flag Hindi: जोकर
Croatian flag Croatian: klaun Hungarian flag Hungarian: bohóc Indonesian flag Indonesian: badut
Icelandic flag Icelandic: trúður Italian flag Italian: clown, pagliaccio Japanese flag Japanese: 道化役者
Korean flag Korean: 광대 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: klounas Latvian flag Latvian: klauns
Malay flag Malay: badut Dutch flag Dutch: clown Norwegian flag Norwegian: klovn
Polish flag Polish: klown Persian flag Persian: دلقک Pashto flag Pashto: مسخره
Portuguese flag Portuguese: palhaço Romanian flag Romanian: clovn Russian flag Russian: клоун
Slovak flag Slovak: klaun Slovenian flag Slovenian: klovn Serbian flag Serbian: klovn
Swedish flag Swedish: clown, pajas Thai flag Thai: ตัวตลก Turkish flag Turkish: soytarı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (馬戲團)小丑 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: клоун Urdu flag Urdu: سرکس میں کرتب دکھانے والا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: anh hề Chinese flag Chinese: (马戏)小丑

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