Definition of Clown around

1. Verb. Act as or like a clown.

Exact synonyms: Antic, Clown
Generic synonyms: Jest, Joke
Derivative terms: Antic, Clown, Clowning, Clowning

Definition of Clown around

1. Verb. to have fun in an irresponsible manner ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clown Around

cloverleafs
cloverleaves
cloverlike
cloveroot
clovers
clovery
cloves
clow
clowd
clowder
clowders
clowlike
clown
clown about
clown anemone fish
clown around (current term)
clown car
clown cars
clown doctor
clown doctors
clown shoe
clown shoes
clownage
clowned
clowneries
clownery
clownfish
clownfishes
clowning
clownish

Literary usage of Clown around

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"A winter where the thermometer drops clown around sixty degrees below zero is not the balmiest weather nor the most equable climate in the world. ..."

2. The Technical World (1904)
"This is equipped with a properly arranged steel guide, through which the steel concave shovels are driven clown around the platform by use of a maul. ..."

3. English Traits by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1857)
"... like diggers in California "prospecting for a placer" that will pay. A horizon of brass of the diameter of his umbrella shuts clown around his ..."

4. The Songs and Ballads of Cumberland: To which are Added Dialect and Other by Sidney Gilpin (1866)
"... Tempting the grasp of every clown Around the trifle plays : He catches ! full of hopes—'tis gone,— And Simon's left to gaze. ONE SUNDAY MORN IN CHEERFUL ..."

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