clowning

تعريف clowning في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.: acting like a clown or buffoon; present participle of clown; {i} buffoonery; comedy, drollery; acting like a clown; a comic incident or series of incidents
clown: (also clown about (British) or clown around) To act in a silly fashion
clown: A person who acts in a silly fashion
clown: {n} a countryman, ill-bred man, churl
clown: a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior a rude or vulgar fool act as or like a clown
clown: A performance artist often associated with a circus and typically characterised by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig and who performs slapstick
clown: To act as a clown; with it
clown: If you say that someone is a clown, you mean that they say funny things or do silly things to amuse people. He was laughing, the clown of the twosome. = joker
clown: A clown is a performer in a circus who wears funny clothes and bright make-up, and does silly things in order to make people laugh
clown: a rude or vulgar fool
clown: disapproval If you describe someone as a clown, you disapprove of them and have no respect for them. I still think I could do a better job than those clowns in Washington. = idiot, fool. clown around/about to behave in a silly or funny way. Comic character of mime and pantomime and the circus. The clown developed from the bald-headed, padded buffoons who performed in the farces and mimes of ancient Greece and from the professional comic actors of the Middle Ages. The Italian commedia dell'arte introduced the harlequin, and the clown's whiteface makeup was introduced with the 17th-century French character Pierrot. The distinctive clown costume of oversized shoes, hat, and giant ruff around the neck was established by the popular German clown character Pickelherring. The first circus clown, Joseph Grimaldi, appeared as "Joey" in England (1805) and specialized in pantomime, pratfalls, and slapstick. Famous 20th-century clowns included the Swiss pantomimist Grock (Adrian Wettach), the U.S. circus star Emmett Kelly, and the longtime star of the Moscow circus, Oleg Popov
clown: act as or like a clown
clown: A monster resembling a circus clown
clown: a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
clown: {i} buffoon, jester
clown: or clown around To act in a silly fashion
clown: If you clown, you do silly things in order to make people laugh. Bruno clowned and won affection everywhere. = mess around Clown around and clown about mean the same as clown. Bev made her laugh, the way she was always clowning around. + clowning clown·ing She senses that behind the clowning there is a terrible sense of anguish
clown: A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor
clown: One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl
clown: {f} behave like a buffoon, behave like a fool
clown: The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc