"clown on" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Aquild-clown on.wav (note: Pacific Northwest) Forms: clowns on [present, singular, third-person], clowning on [participle, present], clowned on [participle, past], clowned on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} clown on (third-person singular simple present clowns on, present participle clowning on, simple past and past participle clowned on)
  1. (transitive, African-American Vernacular or Internet slang) To mock; to ridicule. Tags: transitive Synonyms: clown (english: African-American Vernacular)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "clowns on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clowning on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clowned on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clowned on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "clown on (third-person singular simple present clowns on, present participle clowning on, simple past and past participle clowned on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "African-American Vernacular English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"on\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To mock; to ridicule."
      ],
      "id": "en-clown_on-en-verb-szFpDHTr",
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "mock",
          "mock"
        ],
        [
          "ridicule",
          "ridicule"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular or Internet slang",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, African-American Vernacular or Internet slang) To mock; to ridicule."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "African-American Vernacular",
          "translation": "African-American Vernacular",
          "word": "clown"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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      "note": "Pacific Northwest",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "clown on"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "clowns on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clowning on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clowned on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clowned on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "clown on (third-person singular simple present clowns on, present participle clowning on, simple past and past participle clowned on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "African-American Vernacular English",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English internet slang",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"on\"",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To mock; to ridicule."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "mock",
          "mock"
        ],
        [
          "ridicule",
          "ridicule"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular or Internet slang",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, African-American Vernacular or Internet slang) To mock; to ridicule."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "African-American Vernacular",
          "translation": "African-American Vernacular",
          "word": "clown"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Aquild-clown on.wav",
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      "note": "Pacific Northwest",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "clown on"
}

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