clowning

Speech parts

1. clowning - Noun

2. clowning - Verb

Meaning

acting like a clown or buffoon

a comic incident or series of incidents

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

comedy prank frivolity buffoonery harlequinade drollery japery funniness caper jollity mummery sport fun humor joke
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Antonyms

gravity severity distress grief mourning discomfort
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Hypernyms

play sport fun folly indulgence lunacy

Hyponyms

schtick shtick shtik schtik

Phrases with the word

clowning around clowning about

Examples

After calling him out last week, the "TROLLZ" rapper is clowning the Philly … Source: Internet

The film received poor reviews, Meyers 1998, p. 192. with the New York Daily News calling it "delightful nonsense", Dickens 1970, p. 198. and Bosley Crowther, in The New York Times, criticizing Cooper's "somewhat obvious and ridiculous clowning". Source: Internet

Between numbers, while Prescott was telling the crowd how proud she is of CP Rail for continuing the Holiday Train and its cause for the past 18 years, James was clowning around, juggling what appeared to be three frozen oranges. Source: Internet

For all of Freitas's lyric clowning, it's clear she takes poetry too seriously not to dismantle it and use it to her own purposes." Source: Internet

The video, featuring Dustbowl Revival fan Dick Van Dyke cavorting and clowning in his inimitable way to the bouncy, folksy, sing-along tune, has been viewed nearly four million times on YouTube. Source: Internet

There'll be plenty of clowning between now and then. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

clownface nebula clownfish clownheal clowning about clowning around clowningly