clown

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 an entertainer who wears funny clothes and a large red nose and does silly things to make people laugh: (figurative) Robert was always the class clown (= he did silly or funny things to make the other students laugh). 2 (disapproving) a person that you disapprove of because they act in a stupid way: What do those clowns in the government think they are doing? verb [V] ~ (around) (often disapproving) to behave in a silly way, especially in order to make other people laugh