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clowning about

clowning about is the present participle and gerund of clown about.

Meaning of clown about

Verb

clown about (third-person singular simple present clowns about, present participle clowning about, simple past and past participle clowned about)

  1. (UK) To have fun in an irresponsible manner.

Questions about clowning about

What is clowning about the present participle and gerund of?
Clowning about is the present participle and gerund of clown about.

Words near clowning about in the dictionary

  1. clownier
  2. clownies
  3. clowniest
  4. clowniness
  5. clowning
  6. clowning about
  7. clowning around
  8. clowning on
  9. clowningly
  10. clownings
  11. clownish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clowning about (page history and authors); clown about (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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