"class clown" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-class clown.ogg [Australia] Forms: class clowns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} class clown (plural class clowns)
  1. (idiomatic) A student who frequently makes jokes or pokes fun; a wiseacre. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Comedy, Education, People, Personality Translations (student who frequently makes jokes): klassens klovn (Danish), luokan pelle (Finnish), Klassenkasper [masculine] (German), Klassenclown [masculine] (German), palhaço da turma [masculine] (Portuguese), klassens clown [common-gender] (Swedish), класний клоун (klasnyj kloun) (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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