"clown around" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "clowns around",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clowning around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clowned around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clowned around",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "clown around (third-person singular simple present clowns around, present participle clowning around, simple past and past participle clowned around)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "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 with particle (around)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have fun in an irresponsible manner."
      ],
      "id": "en-clown_around-en-verb-H~6XBShU",
      "links": [
        [
          "have fun",
          "have fun"
        ],
        [
          "irresponsible",
          "irresponsible"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "clown about"
        },
        {
          "word": "goof around"
        },
        {
          "word": "goof off"
        },
        {
          "word": "horse around"
        },
        {
          "word": "mess about"
        },
        {
          "word": "mess around"
        },
        {
          "word": "muck about"
        },
        {
          "word": "muck around"
        },
        {
          "word": "muck up"
        },
        {
          "word": "yuk it up"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": ";"
        },
        {
          "word": "fuck about"
        },
        {
          "word": "fuck around"
        },
        {
          "word": "fuck off"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
          "word": "胡鬧"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "húnào",
          "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
          "word": "胡闹"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
          "word": "pelleillä"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
          "word": "scurror"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
          "word": "dēsipiō"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "valjátʹ duraká",
          "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "валя́ть дурака́"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
          "word": "spela pajas"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
          "word": "fåna sig"
        },
        {
          "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"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
          "word": "apa"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-clown_around.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fa/En-au-clown_around.ogg/En-au-clown_around.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/En-au-clown_around.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Australia)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clown around"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "clowns around",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clowning around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clowned around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clowned around",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "clown around (third-person singular simple present clowns around, present participle clowning around, simple past and past participle clowned around)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (around)",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English verbs",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have fun in an irresponsible manner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "have fun",
          "have fun"
        ],
        [
          "irresponsible",
          "irresponsible"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "clown about"
        },
        {
          "word": "goof around"
        },
        {
          "word": "goof off"
        },
        {
          "word": "horse around"
        },
        {
          "word": "mess about"
        },
        {
          "word": "mess around"
        },
        {
          "word": "muck about"
        },
        {
          "word": "muck around"
        },
        {
          "word": "muck up"
        },
        {
          "word": "yuk it up"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": ";"
        },
        {
          "word": "fuck about"
        },
        {
          "word": "fuck around"
        },
        {
          "word": "fuck off"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-clown_around.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fa/En-au-clown_around.ogg/En-au-clown_around.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/En-au-clown_around.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Australia)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
      "word": "胡鬧"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "húnào",
      "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
      "word": "胡闹"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
      "word": "pelleillä"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
      "word": "scurror"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
      "word": "dēsipiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "valjátʹ duraká",
      "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "валя́ть дурака́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
      "word": "spela pajas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
      "word": "fåna sig"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "have fun in an irresponsible manner",
      "word": "apa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clown around"
}