Meaning

1 senses

  1. To have fun in an irresponsible manner.

    herumdameln

    валя́ть дурака́valjátʹ duraká

More definitions
  • act as or like a clown

Examples

6 sentences

  1. Tom was clowning around at the party last night.

    ruТом паясничал на вечеринке прошлым вечером. — Karok

    deTom hat gestern Abend auf der Party herumgealbert. — Dani6187

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  2. Stop clowning around.

    ruПрекрати паясничать! — marafon

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. The clownfish clowns around.

    Orange · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. Please don't clown around.

    rul · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. Quit clowning around!

    ruПрекрати паясничать! — marafon

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
have fun in an irresponsible manner:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
have fun in an irresponsible manner:

Forms

clowns around, clowning around, clowned around, clowned around
Base formclown around · to clown around
3rd person singularclowns around
Present participleclowning around
Past simpleclowned around
Past participleclowned around

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyclown around
he, she, itclowns around

Past simpleLesson

all personsclowned around

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave clowned around
he, she, ithas clowned around

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill clown around

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

12 synonyms
clown aboutgoof aroundgoof offhorse aroundmess aboutmess aroundmuck aboutmuck aroundmuck upyuk it up
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
clovecloverclownA2clownfishcloyclubA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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