Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clown around

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables: clown around
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To have fun in an irresponsible manner.

Example Sentences

"While in Matliary, where Kafka stayed to recover from his tuberculosis he often confided in Robert Klopstock, one of his favorite fellow patients. Klopstock must have been deeply impressed to find that one could have long and serious discussions about Zionism, Christianity, Dostoevsky, and love to clown around and think up practical jokes with one and the same person (Stach 2013)."

Inflected Forms

clowns around (present, singular) clowning around (participle, present) clowned around (participle, past) clowned around (past)

Frequently Paired Words

act out act up

Synonyms

clown about goof around goof off horse around mess about mess around muck about muck around muck up yuk it up fuck about fuck around

Questions

What does clown around mean?: To have fun in an irresponsible manner.

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