"clown around" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-clown_around.ogg Forms: clowns around [present, singular, third-person], clowning around [participle, present], clowned around [participle, past], clowned around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} clown around (third-person singular simple present clowns around, present participle clowning around, simple past and past participle clowned around)
  1. To have fun in an irresponsible manner. Translations (have fun in an irresponsible manner): 胡鬧 (Chinese Mandarin), 胡闹 (húnào) (Chinese Mandarin), pelleillä (Finnish), herumdameln [Westphalia] (German), scurror (Latin), dēsipiō (Latin), валя́ть дурака́ (valjátʹ duraká) [imperfective] (Russian), spela pajas (Swedish), fåna sig (Swedish), spela allan (Swedish), clowna runt (Swedish), apa (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
          "word": "胡鬧"
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          "code": "de",
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      "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
      "word": "pelleillä"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
      "tags": [
        "Westphalia"
      ],
      "word": "herumdameln"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
      "word": "scurror"
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      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
      "word": "dēsipiō"
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      "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
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      "word": "валя́ть дурака́"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
      "word": "spela pajas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
      "word": "fåna sig"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
      "word": "spela allan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
      "word": "clowna runt"
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