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outclowning

outclowning is the present participle and gerund 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 outclowning

What is outclowning the present participle and gerund of?
Outclowning is the present participle and gerund of outclown.

Words near outclowning in the dictionary

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

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