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outclowns

outclowns is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 outclowns

What is outclowns the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Outclowns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outclown.

Words near outclowns in the dictionary

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

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