clown around

English

Pronunciation

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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.

   Synonyms: clown about, goof around, goof off, horse around, mess about, mess around, muck about, muck around, muck up (Australia), yuk it up; (vulgar) fuck about, fuck around, fuck off

   Coordinate terms: act out, act up

Translations

have fun in an irresponsible manner

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胡鬧／胡闹 (zh) (húnào)

• Finnish: pelleillä (fi)
• Latin: scurror, dēsipiō
• Russian: валя́ть дурака́ (ru) impf (valjátʹ duraká)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: spela pajas, fåna sig, spela allan (sv), clowna runt, apa (sv)