The meaning of Clown

noun

An entertainer on stage or television whose act is designed to make an audience laugh.

Usage examples:

They sat watching an irish comedian telling jokes

noun

A person whose job is to make people laugh by telling jokes and amusing stories or by copying the behavior or speech of famous people

Usage examples:

A stand-up comedian

noun

A person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person.

Usage examples:

I felt a bit of a fool

verb

Trick or deceive (someone); dupe.

Usage examples:

He fooled nightclub managers into believing he was a successful businessman

adjective

Foolish; silly.

Usage examples:

That damn fool waiter

noun

A mute character in traditional pantomime, typically masked and dressed in a diamond-patterned costume.

Usage examples:

Canio's character, pagliaccio, catches his wife with the young harlequin, played by the troupe's ju…

adjective

In varied colours; variegated.

Usage examples:

The custom cabinets look like bright circus blocks, the tile backsplash has a harlequin pattern, an…

noun

A humorous character in plays at the theatre, especially in the past, who wears brightly coloured clothes with a diamond pattern

noun

A thing said or done for amusement; a joke.

Usage examples:

He laughed uproariously at his own jest

verb

Speak in a joking way.

Usage examples:

You jest, surely?

noun

A joke

Usage examples:

We were able to laugh aloud at every jest., his remarks about the beatles were in jest.

noun

A professional joker or ‘fool’ at a medieval court, typically wearing a cap with bells on it and carrying a mock sceptre.

Usage examples:

The gray-furred child laughed, cavorting around the confused guards like a court jester in a mediev…

noun

(in earlier times) a man whose job was to tell jokes and make people laugh

Usage examples:

A court jester

noun

A thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline.

Usage examples:

She was in a mood to tell jokes

verb

Make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly.

Usage examples:

She could laugh and joke with her colleagues

noun

Something, such as an amusing story or trick, that is said or done in order to make people laugh

Usage examples:

He told a joke about a farmer and a lawyer that made nicholas burst into laughter., the playing con…

pronoun

Used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself as the object of a verb or preposition.

Usage examples:

Do you understand me?

noun

(in tonic sol-fa) the third note of a major scale.

abbreviation

Maine.

noun

A stock male character in french pantomime, with a sad white-painted face, a loose white costume, and a pointed hat.

Usage examples:

As the clown pierrot, he embodies unrequited love.

noun

Another name for punch4 (sense 1 of the noun).

adjective

Amusingly unconventional and idiosyncratic.

Usage examples:

His zany humour

noun

A zany person.

Usage examples:

We are looking for the zany, the serious, the artistic and ridiculous.