clown

class clown

A mischievous or impudent student who frequently disrupts the class with jokes, pranks, or wry comments as a means of drawing attention to him- or herself. Every teacher has to deal with class clowns eventually.
See also: class, clown

clown about

slang To joke, play, or otherwise behave in a silly, careless way. A less common variant of "clown around." I can see you boys clowning about back there! Sit down and do the math problems I assigned. The kids are fine. They're just clowning about with each other in the back yard.
See also: clown

clown around

slang To joke, play, or otherwise behave in a silly way. I can see you boys clowning around back there! Sit down and do the math problems I assigned. The kids are just clowning around with each other in the back yard, if you want to call them for dinner.
See also: around, clown

like a clown's pocket

Very big, like the pocket on a clown's baggy pants. This one's got a mouth like a clown's pocket on him—don't know when to shut up.
See also: like, pocket
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

clown around (with someone)

Fig. to join with someone in acting silly; [for two or more people] to act silly together. The boys were clowning around with each other. The kids are having fun clowning around.
See also: around, clown
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

clown

n. a fool. Tell that clown in the front row to shut up.

clown around

in. to act silly; to mess around. We were just clowning around. We didn’t mean to break anything.
See also: around, clown
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • class clown
  • guff
  • cheeky monkey
  • monkeyshines
  • lip
  • out of turn
  • do something out of turn
  • with bad grace
  • with good/bad grace
  • have the nerve to do something
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practical; by enlarging the eyes and mouth, the clown can better
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Several aspects of a clown's persona are susceptible to some
combination of a clown's visual appearance, name, and routine,
Copyright law offers one potential avenue for protecting clown
utilitarian works, may complicate the copyrightability of clown makeup.
In contrast, clown costumes as such are not copyrightable since
the geometric patterns and color blocking of clown costumes.
Finally, assuming that a clown creates an original gag, entree,
designed to capture pantomime or clown acts, presumably a detailed
registrations for clown makeup designs, two of which we were able to
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