Meaning of CLOWN
| Pronunciation: | | klawn
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- [n] a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
- [n] a rude or vulgar fool
- [v] act as or like a clown
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| | Synonyms: | | antic, buffoon, clown around, merry andrew |
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| | See Also: | | comedian, comic, Emmett Kelly, fool, harlequin, jest, jester, joke, Kelly, muggins, Pantaloon, sap, saphead, tomfool, Weary Willie, whiteface, zany | |
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| | Definition: | |  Clown
When a stuffed toy clown is thrown in the trash, he decides not to wait around to be taken to the garbage dump. The clown escapes and sets out to find someone to love and adopt him. Color illustrations tell the story in this wordless picture book. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Clown\ (kloun), n. [Cf. Icel. klunni a clumsy, boorish
fellow, North Fries. kl["o]nne clown, dial. Sw. klunn log,
Dan. klunt log, block, and E. clump, n.]
1. A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an
ill-bred person; a boor. --Sir P. Sidney.
2. One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.
The clown, the child of nature, without guile.
--Cowper.
3. The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc.
The clown shall make those laugh whose lungs are
tickle o'the sere. --Shak.
\Clown\, v. i.
To act as a clown; -- with it. [Obs.]
Beshrew me, he clowns it properly indeed. --B. Jonson.
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| | Definition: | | Seeing a clown in you dream, symbolizes absurdity, light-heartedness, and a childish side to your own character. The countenance of the clown is a reflection of your own feelings and emotions. Whether it is a happy clown or a sad clown, that will help guide you through how you may be feeling. The actions of the clown means your uninhibited nature. Alternatively, it is an indication of your thoughtless actions.
If you have a fear or phobia of clowns, the clown may represent a mysterious person in your life who mean you harm. Somebody you know may not be who they appear to be. Or somebody may be pretending to be somebody they are not and are hiding under a facade. |
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| | Related Terms: | | acrobat, aerialist, apple knocker, arriviste, ass, Babbitt, banana, bareback rider, be foolish, be stupid, blockhead, blunderer, blunderhead, boor, born fool, botcher, bounder, bourgeois, bucolic, buffo, buffoon, bumbler, bumpkin, bungler, burlesquer, cad, caper, caricaturist, churl, circus artist, clod, clodhopper, clodknocker, clot, clown around, Columbine, comedian, comic, country bumpkin, cut up, cutup, dolt, doodle, egregious ass, epicier, epigrammatist, equestrian director, equilibrist, farceur, farmer, figure of fun, flier, fool, fool around, frivol, fumbler, funnyman, gag writer, gagman, gagster, galoot, gawk, get funny, go haywire, gowk, groundling, guttersnipe, Hanswurst, Harlequin, hayseed, hick, high-wire artist, hillbilly, hooligan, horse around, humorist, ignoramus, ill-bred fellow, invite ridicule, ironist, jackass, jack-pudding, jerk, jester, joker, jokesmith, jokester, juggler, klutz, lampooner, lion tamer, looby, lout, low fellow, lubber, lummox, lunatic, madcap, merry-andrew, milksop, mime, mooncalf, motley, motley fool, mountebank, mucker, mummer, nouveau riche, oaf, ox, Pantalone, Pantaloon, parodist, parvenu, peasant, perfect fool, Philistine, pickle-herring, play the buffoon, play the fool, Polichinelle, prankster, provincial, Pulcinella, Punch, Punchinello, punner, punster, quipster, reparteeist, ribald, ringmaster, rough, roughneck, rowdy, rube, ruffian, rustic, satirist, Scaramouch, schmuck, slack-rope artist, slouch, slubberer, snake charmer, softhead, sop, stupid ass, sword swallower, tightrope walker, tomfool, trapeze artist, trifle, tumbler, upstart, vulgarian, vulgarist, wag, wagwit, wisecracker, wit, witling, yahoo, yokel, zany |
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