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outclowned

outclowned is the simple past and past participle of outclown.

Meaning of outclown

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

Questions about outclowned

What is outclowned the simple past and past participle of?
Outclowned is the simple past and past participle of outclown.

Words near outclowned in the dictionary

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

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