buffoon
buffoon · buffoons · buffooned · buffooning
kaspern, herumkaspern
To behave like a buffoonTo behave like a buffoon
/bəˈfuːn/
» Tom is what my father would call a buffoon.
Meaning
1 sensesTo behave like a buffoon
kaspern, herumkaspern
Examples
3 sentencesTom is what my father would call a buffoon.
Zelensky may well be a buffoon, but he is hardly fascist.
ruЗеленский, может, и клоун, но едва ли фашист. — Ooneykcall
What a buffoon!
Translations
1 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
to behave like buffoon:
Origin
From Middle French bouffon, from Italian buffone (“jester”), from buffare (“to puff out thFrom Middle French bouffon, from Italian buffone (“jester”), from buffare (“to puff out the cheeks”), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Middle High German buffen ("to puff"; > German büffen), Old English pyffan (“to breathe out, blow with the mouth”). More at English puff.
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Forms
buffoons, buffooning, buffooned, buffoonedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle