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CLOWNING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Acting like a clown or buffoon
Synonyms:
buffoonery; clowning; frivolity; harlequinade; japery; prank
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("clowning" is a kind of...):
craziness; folly; foolery; indulgence; lunacy; tomfoolery (foolish or senseless behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clowning"):
schtick; schtik; shtick; shtik ((Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning)
Derivation:
clown (act as or like a clown)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A comic incident or series of incidents
Synonyms:
clowning; comedy; drollery; funniness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("clowning" is a kind of...):
fun; play; sport (verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously))
Derivation:
clown (act as or like a clown)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb clown
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