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Clown   /klaʊn/   Listen
Clown

noun
1.
A rude or vulgar fool.  Synonym: buffoon.
2.
A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior.  Synonyms: buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrew.
verb
1.
Act as or like a clown.  Synonyms: antic, clown around.



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"Clown" Quotes from Famous Books



... Song ('Let School-masters,' &c.) Epilogue to 'She Stoops to Conquer' Retaliation Song ('Ah, me! when shall I marry me?') Translation ('Chaste are their instincts') The Haunch of Venison Epitaph on Thomas Parnell The Clown's Reply Epitaph on Edward Purdon Epilogue for Lee Lewes Epilogue written for 'She Stoops to Conquer' (1) Epilogue written for 'She Stoops to Conquer' (2) The Captivity. An Oratorio Verses in Reply to an ...
— The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith • Oliver Goldsmith

... and bobtail, and I am afraid that on two occasions at least he was tempted to swagger and 'show off,' as children say. He shambled up to one of the 'try your strength' machines: the figure of a circus clown, with a buffer to punch at in the neighbourhood of his midriff, and a dial on his chest to indicate the weight of the blow administered. The Slasher tossed a penny to the proprietor of the machine and waved him on one side; but ...
— The Making Of A Novelist - An Experiment In Autobiography • David Christie Murray

... the same as good manners elsewhere—only a little more so. A club is for the pleasure and convenience of many; it is never intended as a stage-setting for a "star" or "clown" or "monologist." There is no place where a person has greater need of restraint and consideration for the reserves of others than in a club. In every club there is a reading-room or library where conversation is not allowed; there are books and easy chairs ...
— Etiquette • Emily Post

... "Silence, impudent clown!" roared the fat, fierce-looking Multiplicand. "Ignoramus! nothing of music! Why, you don't know ...
— The Garden of the Plynck • Karle Wilson Baker

... as a silver dollar. In the book we can smell the sawdust, hear the flapping of the big white canvas and the roaring of the lions, and listen to the merry "hoop la!" of the clown. ...
— From Farm to Fortune - or Nat Nason's Strange Experience • Horatio Alger Jr.


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