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clowns around

clowns around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of clown around.

Meaning of clown around

Verb

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

  1. To have fun in an irresponsible manner.
    • 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...2017 May 16, Jerry Stuger, “Kafka and Autism. The Undisclosed Logic Behind Kafka’s Work”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, volume 47, →DOI, pages 2336–2347

Questions about clowns around

What is clowns around the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Clowns around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of clown around.

Words near clowns around in the dictionary

  1. clownness
  2. clownology
  3. clownophobia
  4. clowns
  5. clowns about
  6. clowns around
  7. clowns on
  8. clownship
  9. clownshoes
  10. clownshow
  11. clownshows

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