clown

noun/klaʊn/

Frequency rank: #4,597 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A performer who wears funny costumes and makeup to make people laugh.

Illustration for the English word “clown”

Example sentence

The children laughed as the clown made silly faces and twisted balloons into animal shapes.

Synonyms & related words

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