| Front | clown |
|---|---|
| Back | clown noun, verb BrE /klaʊn/ NAmE /klaʊn/ noun word origin 1 an entertainer who wears funny clothes and a large red nose and does silly things to make people laugh: (figurative) Robert was always the class clown (= he did silly things to make the other students laugh). 2 (disapproving) a person that you disapprove of because they act in a stupid way What do those clowns in the government think they are doing? verb verb forms word origin [intransitive] ~ (around) (often disapproving) to behave in a silly way, especially in order to make other people laugh |
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