clown around

1. 1.

   act as or like a clown

   Synonymsclownantic

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Questions about clown around

What does clown around mean?

clown around means "act as or like a clown".

What is another word for clown around?

Close synonyms include clown, antic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clown around a common word?

clown around is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.