Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laughing clown

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables: laugh-ing -clown
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of a series of clown figurines, typically from the torso up with laughing face and open mouth, which move from side to side as part of a fairground or sideshow game the aim of which is to insert balls into the mouth at the right time to win a prize.

Example Sentences

"[H]e'd managed to con himself a job with a travelling showman and had left the district half-drunk on the back of a truck hauling one of those laughing clowns games."

Inflected Forms

laughing clowns (plural)

Questions

What does laughing clown mean?: One of a series of clown figurines, typically from the torso up with laughing face and open mouth, which move from side to side as part of a fairground or sideshow game the aim of which is to insert balls into the mouth at the right time to win a prize.

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