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clowning

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verb

present participle of clown

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clowning
Noun
  • There are no gilded gates here, but there is one heck of a party, complete with serenading busts, ballroom dancers, excitable opera singers, drunken buffoonery and portraits locked in an endless duel.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
  • What’s so special about Britain’s patron wanker of bighearted buffoonery?
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The dog's posture in the viral clip is unsurprising because research has shown that canines are capable of imitating human actions.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Art is imitating life for Jennifer Lopez.
    Jen Juneau, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Tirhakah Love is a senior writer at New York Magazine and the host of the new evening newsletter Dinner Party, a daily email that touches on all things entertainment — that means film, television, music, tech, and gaming — plus politics and corporate clownery.
    Vulture, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The Winx Club live action is a big clownery!
    Olivia Truffaut-Wong, refinery29.com, 25 Jan. 2021
Noun
  • If humans can use emotional tomfoolery to prevail over AI, there is a certain kind of endearing fulfillment in doing so.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Aside from those two couple moments, Turner's post also included plenty of tomfoolery with friends and documented some of her travels — from skiing in January to an October trip to an ancient temple in Egypt.
    Julia Moore, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • And yes, there were cases on public roads where the horseplay turned dangerous.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
  • On my gondola, however, horseplay is not only encouraged, it is required.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 24 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The film's slapstick comedy and script launched the career of screenwriters Peter and Bobby Farrelly, displayed Daniels' range as an actor and established Carrey as a box office draw.
    Brendan Le, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Strap-on dildos are often tools of slapstick humor on TV or around the internet — as Broad City or And Just Like That viewers can vouch — and often the joke relies on the difficulty or cumbersome nature of using one.
    Sofia Barrett-Ibarria, Them, 8 Jan. 2025
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