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UK
/klˈaʊnɪŋ/
]
[ 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
- It is worlds away from the clowning around of his previous group. The Sun
- Three of my favourite shows have been by mime or clowning acts. Times, Sunday Times
- The requisite clowning, braggadocio and hip-hop historicism are in place and well articulated, and an unprecedented, post-9/11 political pique has surfaced.
- She jokes with teammates, clowning through routines in casual moments, and is involved in a social life that she never had before.
- He saw comedies, tragedies, dramas, shows of acrobatics and clowning, all accompanied by fine music, and all this performed by a family of only twenty members.
- You have to study the many facets of clowning. The Sun
- The spring grass can transform a model of mature stability into a clowning colt.
- Our music-hall performers have invented a kind of clowning peculiar to this country, in which kicking and leaping are also a part of the business. Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory
- Instead, it piles on the daffiness and winsomeness to such an extent that you keep thinking this trio must have trained at the Bridget Jones school of clowning.
- His work involved anything from subtly painted patterns to clowning about in a monkey suit. Times, Sunday Times