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clown around

/klaʊn əˈraʊnd/

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verb

/klaʊn əˈraʊnd/B2formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения глупого, игривого или юмористического поведения, часто с целью развлечения других.

A phrasal verb used to indicate behaving in a silly, playful, or humorous way, often to amuse others.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, no object

  1. Behave playfully or foolishlyinformal

    To act in a silly, playful, or foolish manner, often to amuse others.

    ruДурачиться

    • The kids were clowning around in the backyard.
    • Stop clowning around and focus on your homework.
    • He always clowns around at parties to make people laugh.

    Synonymsact upcapercut upfool aroundfrolichorse aroundlark aboutmess aroundmonkey aroundplay around

Forms
  • clowned around past participle
  • clowned around past simple
  • clowning around present participle
  • clowns around third person singular

Base verbclown

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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