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clowns
 
Noun clown has 2 senses
  1. clown, buffoon - a rude or vulgar fool
    --1 is a kind of fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool
    --1 has particulars: Pantaloon
  2. clown, buffoon, merry andrew - a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
    --2 is a kind of comedian, comic
    --2 has particulars:
     harlequin; jester, fool, motley fool; whiteface; zany; Kelly, Emmett Kelly, Weary Willie
    Derived form: verb clown1
Verb clown has 1 sense
  1. clown, clown around, antic - act as or like a clown
    --1 is one way to joke, jest
    Derived forms: noun clown2, noun clowning2, noun clowning1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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