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Clowning   /klˈaʊnɪŋ/   Listen
Clowning

noun
1.
Acting like a clown or buffoon.  Synonyms: buffoonery, frivolity, harlequinade, japery, prank.
2.
A comic incident or series of incidents.  Synonyms: comedy, drollery, funniness.





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"Clowning" Quotes from Famous Books



... approbation caused either by an excess of emotion in the audience, or—this he thought more probable—a general uneasiness before a great moment of life. The crowded theatre was wholly relieved, itself again, in a succeeding passage of trivial clowning. ...
— Cytherea • Joseph Hergesheimer


Words linked to "Clowning" :   schtick, craziness, shtick, lunacy, sport, folly, shtik, schtik, buffoonery, indulgence, comedy, play, clown, tomfoolery, foolery, drollery, fun


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