"clown about" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: clowns about [present, singular, third-person], clowning about [participle, present], clowned about [participle, past], clowned about [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} clown about (third-person singular simple present clowns about, present participle clowning about, simple past and past participle clowned about)
  1. (UK) to have fun in an irresponsible manner Tags: UK Synonyms: clown around Synonyms (behave clownishly): act out, clown around, goof off, horse around, muck about, muck around, muck up, yuk it up

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "clowns about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clowning about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clowned about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clowned about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "clown about (third-person singular simple present clowns about, present participle clowning about, simple past and past participle clowned about)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"about\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have fun in an irresponsible manner"
      ],
      "id": "en-clown_about-en-verb-oE28P4Hd",
      "links": [
        [
          "have fun",
          "have fun"
        ],
        [
          "irresponsible",
          "irresponsible"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK) to have fun in an irresponsible manner"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "behave clownishly",
          "word": "act out"
        },
        {
          "sense": "behave clownishly",
          "word": "clown around"
        },
        {
          "sense": "behave clownishly",
          "word": "goof off"
        },
        {
          "sense": "behave clownishly",
          "word": "horse around"
        },
        {
          "sense": "behave clownishly",
          "word": "muck about"
        },
        {
          "sense": "behave clownishly",
          "word": "muck around"
        },
        {
          "sense": "behave clownishly",
          "word": "muck up"
        },
        {
          "sense": "behave clownishly",
          "word": "yuk it up"
        },
        {
          "word": "clown around"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "clown about"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "clowns about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clowning about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clowned about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clowned about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "clown about (third-person singular simple present clowns about, present participle clowning about, simple past and past participle clowned about)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"about\"",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have fun in an irresponsible manner"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "have fun",
          "have fun"
        ],
        [
          "irresponsible",
          "irresponsible"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK) to have fun in an irresponsible manner"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "behave clownishly",
      "word": "act out"
    },
    {
      "sense": "behave clownishly",
      "word": "clown around"
    },
    {
      "sense": "behave clownishly",
      "word": "goof off"
    },
    {
      "sense": "behave clownishly",
      "word": "horse around"
    },
    {
      "sense": "behave clownishly",
      "word": "muck about"
    },
    {
      "sense": "behave clownishly",
      "word": "muck around"
    },
    {
      "sense": "behave clownishly",
      "word": "muck up"
    },
    {
      "sense": "behave clownishly",
      "word": "yuk it up"
    },
    {
      "word": "clown around"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clown about"
}

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