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Meanings of clowning in English

Catalan
pallassada
Spanish
bufonada

Acting like a clown or buffoon.

        pallassada
        Portuguese
        comédia
        Catalan
        anècdota
        Spanish
        anécdota

        A comic incident or series of incidents.

              comédia
              Usage of clowning in English
              1
              You think I won't get heckled when I'm up on stage clowning?'
              The Pilo Family Circus
              2
              For all his clowning, Count, you might trust him with your life.
              Doom Castle
              3
              Do you think we will let you ruin everything by your clowning?
              Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution
              4
              Once the clowning begins, Thicke says anything is bound to happen.
              Ebony
              5
              All their dances are new and full of their characteristic clowning.
              The new yorker
              6
              It's not a clown and has nothing to do with pro clowning. Interesting.
              The Guardian
              7
              Obama at Occidental College, in 1980, clowning and smoking a cigarette
              The bridge: the life and rise of barack obama
              8
              They stood together on the practice ground, clowning around like two old friends.
              The Irish Times
              9
              With the crowd cheering him on, Harry threw the balls and began clowning.
              The new yorker
              10
              Rather bondage to some Hollywood Gashwiler than clowning in Baird's infamies!
              Merton of the Movies
              11
              He seemed insistent an clowning his way through the meeting.
              Broken angels
              12
              I am too old to go clowning it any longer.
              The Rose in the Ring
              13
              Rabbit gets out and stands on the curb and sidesteps, clowning in his freedom.
              Rabbit, run
              14
              I was just clowning with her and was totally unprepared.
              The girl who played with fire
              15
              He can take kabuki and punk rock, clowning and improv.
              The Guardian
              16
              My first thought was teenagers clowning around in the street, not an unusual occurrence.
              Marley & me: life and love with the world's worst dog
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              Translations for clowning
              Portuguese
              comédia
              Clowning through the time
              Clowning across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common