Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - clown
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Clown
clown
~1 n 1 someone who entertains people in a circus (1) by dressing in funny clothes, and doing things to make people laugh 2 someone who often makes jokes or behaves in a funny way (Frankie was a bit of a clown - always up to mischief and practical jokes. | class clown (=someone in a school class who behaves in a funny or silly way)) 3 a stupid or annoying person (I can't understand what she sees in that clown.) 4 make a clown of yourself informal to do something stupid or embarrassing ~2 v also clown around/about to behave in a silly or funny way (Stop clowning around, you lot, and get back to your seats!)
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(clowns, clowning, clowned) 1. A clown is a performer in a circus who wears funny clothes and bright make-up, and does silly things in order to make people laugh. N-COUNT 2. If you clown, you do silly things in order to make people laugh. Bruno clowned and won affection everywhere. = mess around VERB: V • Clown around and clown about mean the same as clown. Bev made her laugh, the way she was always clowning around. PHRASAL VERB: V P • clowning She senses that behind the clowning there is a terrible sense of anguish. N-UNCOUNT 3. If you say that someone is a clown, you mean that they say funny things or do silly things to amuse people. He was laughing, the clown of the twosome. = joker N-COUNT 4. If you describe someone as a clown, you disapprove of them and have no respect for them. (INFORMAL) I still think I could do a better job than those clowns in Washington. = idiot, fool N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: probably of Low German origin; akin to Frisian klonne clumsy fellow, Old English clyne lump of metal Date: 1563 1. farmer, countryman 2. a rude ill-bred person ; boor 3. a. a fool, jester, or comedian in an entertainment (as a play); specifically a grotesquely dressed comedy performer in a circus b. a person who habitually jokes and plays the buffoon c. joker 1b II. intransitive verb Date: 1599 to act as or like a ~ always ~ing around ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a comic entertainer, esp. in a pantomime or circus, usu. with traditional costume and make-up. 2 a silly, foolish, or playful person. 3 archaic a rustic. --v. 1 intr. (often foll. by about, around) behave like a clown; act foolishly or playfully. 2 tr. perform (a part, an action, etc.) like a clown. Derivatives clownery n. clownish adj. clownishly adv. clownishness n. Etymology: 16th c.: perh. of LG orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. клоун 2. шут 3. неотесанный парень; деревенщина 4. грубиян, хам 5. дурачиться, строить из себя шута ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) клоун 2) шут 3) неотесанный парень 2. v. дурачиться, изображать из себя клоуна ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1560s, origin uncertain. Perhaps from Scand. dial., or akin to N.Fris. klonne "clumsy person," or, less likely, from L. colonus "colonist, farmer," hence, "rustic, boor," which apparently was the earliest Eng. sense. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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