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UK
/klˈaʊnɪŋ/
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[ US /ˈkɫaʊnɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈkɫaʊnɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- acting like a clown or buffoon
- a comic incident or series of incidents
How To Use clowning In A Sentence
- In addition to magic and clowning, he is a highly skilled ventriloquist and pantomimist.
- The musical, set in a Big Top, features gravity-defying stunts and slapstick clowning as it portrays the story of American showman PT Barnum.
- They start entertaining themselves by clowning around a lot and being silly.
- His work involved anything from subtly painted patterns to clowning about in a monkey suit. Times, Sunday Times
- It is worlds away from the clowning around of his previous group. The Sun
- This is a way of saying that the Marx Brothers are written characters, while the Stooges are mostly dumbshow and clowning. Lance Mannion:
- You'll have seen the madcap clowning, close harmony singing, movie pastiches and magic performed by various performers in various guises.
- The clowning that seemed so enchanting becomes almost sinister when the face gets jowly and the hair recedes. Sir Norman Wisdom obituary
- Three of my favourite shows have been by mime or clowning acts. Times, Sunday Times
- Great to have around but always clowning. The Sun