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outclown

outclown verb: to surpass in clownery; to be funnier than.

Verb

outclown (third-person singular simple present outclowns, present participle outclowning, simple past and past participle outclowned)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in clownery; to be funnier than.
    • So many of the best comedians in America, each trying to outclown the other, made a spectacle I am not likely to forget.1929, Perry Githens, “The New Books”, in Life, volume 93, number 2410, page 30

Forms of outclown

third-person singular presentoutclowns
present participleoutclowning
past participleoutclowned
pastoutclowned

Origin of outclown

From out- + clown.

Questions about outclown

What does outclown mean?
Outclown means to surpass in clownery; to be funnier than.
What part of speech is outclown?
Outclown is a verb.
What is the past tense of outclown?
The past tense of outclown is outclowned.

Words near outclown in the dictionary

  1. outclimbed
  2. outclimbing
  3. outclimbs
  4. outclinic
  5. outclinics
  6. outclown
  7. outclowned
  8. outclowning
  9. outclowns
  10. outcoach
  11. outcoached

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