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clown

  [kloun]
–noun
1. a comic performer, as in a circus, theatrical production, or the like, who wears an outlandish costume and makeup and entertains by pantomiming common situations or actions in exaggerated or ridiculous fashion, by juggling or tumbling, etc.
2. a person who acts like a clown; comedian; joker; buffoon; jester.
3. a prankster; a practical joker.
4. Slang. a coarse, ill-bred person; a boor.
5. a peasant; rustic.
–verb (used without object)
6. to act like a clown.
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Origin:
1555–65; earlier cloyne, clowne, perh. akin to ON klunni boor, Dan dial. klunds, Sw dial. klunn log

Related forms:
clownish, adjective
clown⋅ish⋅ly, adverb
clown⋅ish⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
3. lout, churl. 4. bumpkin.
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clown   (kloun)   
n.  

    1. A buffoon or jester who entertains by jokes, antics, and tricks in a circus, play, or other presentation.

    2. One who jokes and plays tricks.

  2. A coarse, rude, vulgar person; a boor.

  3. A peasant; a rustic.

intr.v.   clowned, clown·ing, clowns

  1. To behave like a buffoon or jester.

  2. To perform as a buffoon or jester.


[Of Scandinavian origin (akin to Icelandic klunni, clumsy person) or of Low German origin.]
clown'ish adj., clown'ish·ly adv., clown'ish·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
clown

  1. n.
    a fool. : Tell that clown in the front row to shut up.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

clown 
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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