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clowning

[ UK /klˈa‍ʊnɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈkɫaʊnɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. acting like a clown or buffoon
  2. 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
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