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Look up: Clown

  1. Clown
    Clown is a servant to Olivia in twelfth-night. Clown is servant to Othello.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. clown
    [n] - a rude or vulgar fool 2. [n] - a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior 3. [v] - act as or like a clown
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Clown
    Slang: Derogatory term - idiot -Usage: 'Shut up, clown' - Other terms Joker, wasteman/woman
    Found on http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_br

  4. Clown
    Clown (kloun) noun [ Confer Icelandic klunni a clumsy, boorish fellow, North Fries. klönne clown, dial. Swedish klunn log, Danish klunt log, block, and English clump , noun ] 1. A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor. Sir P. Sidney. 2. One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl. « The < ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/96

  5. Clown
    Clown intransitive verb To act as a clown; -- with it . [ Obsolete] « Beshrew me, he clowns it properly indeed. B. Jonson. »
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/96

  6. clown
    buffoon noun a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. clown
    clown around verb act as or like a clown
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Clown
    `Clowns` are comic performers, stereotypically characterized by their colored wigs, stylistic makeup, outlandish costumes, and unusually large footwear. Clowning, in its most basic form, can be described as one form of drama without a fourth wall, however there are other types of drama that are lacking the element of a fourth wall as well. In other words, a clown acknowledges his audience. The clown's humor today is often visual and includes many...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clown

  9. Clown
    • (v. i.) To act as a clown; -- with it. • (n.) One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl. • (n.) A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor. • (n.) The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. Clown
    (from the article `Kelly, Emmett`) ...& Bailey Combined Circus in 1942 and played with them until the late 1950s. Weary Willie made his motion-picture debut in The Greatest Show on ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/100

  11. clown
    familiar comic character of pantomime and circus, known by his distinctive makeup and costume, ludicrous antics, and buffoonery, whose purpose is to ... [11 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/100

  12. clown
    1. a rude or vulgar fool
    2. a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior

    Found on

  13. clown
    clown, a comic character usually distinguished by garish makeup and costume whose antics are both humorously clumsy and acrobatic. The clown employs a broad, physical style of humor that is wordless or not as self-consciously verbal as the traditional fool or jester. Clownish figures appear in the f...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08126


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