Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to clown
Participle: clowned
Gerund: clowning
Indicative
Present
| I | clown |
| you | clown |
| he;she;it | clowns |
| we | clown |
| you | clown |
| they | clown |
Perfect
| I | have clowned |
| you | have clowned |
| he;she;it | has clowned |
| we | have clowned |
| you | have clowned |
| they | have clowned |
Past
| I | clowned |
| you | clowned |
| he;she;it | clowned |
| we | clowned |
| you | clowned |
| they | clowned |
Pluperfect
| I | had clowned |
| you | had clowned |
| he;she;it | had clowned |
| we | had clowned |
| you | had clowned |
| they | had clowned |
Future
| I | will clown |
| you | will clown |
| he;she;it | will clown |
| we | will clown |
| you | will clown |
| they | will clown |
Future Perfect
| I | will have clowned |
| you | will have clowned |
| he;she;it | will have clowned |
| we | will have clowned |
| you | will have clowned |
| they | will have clowned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | clown |
| you | clown |
| he;she;it | clown |
| we | clown |
| you | clown |
| they | clown |
Perfect
| I | have clowned |
| you | have clowned |
| he;she;it | have clowned |
| we | have clowned |
| you | have clowned |
| they | have clowned |
Imperfect
| I | clowned |
| you | clowned |
| he;she;it | clowned |
| we | clowned |
| you | clowned |
| they | clowned |
Pluperfect
| I | had clowned |
| you | had clowned |
| he;she;it | had clowned |
| we | had clowned |
| you | had clowned |
| they | had clowned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would clown |
| you | would clown |
| he;she;it | would clown |
| we | would clown |
| you | would clown |
| they | would clown |
Perfect
| I | would have clowned |
| you | would have clowned |
| he;she;it | would have clowned |
| we | would have clowned |
| you | would have clowned |
| they | would have clowned |
Imperative
| you | clown |
| we | Let's clown |
| you | clown |
Verbs conjugated like 'clown'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'clown'
clowd,
coown,
crown,
beclown,
blow,
blowe,
brown,
chow,
claw,
clean,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- joke
- jest
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From earlier clowne, cloyne (“man of rustic or coarse manners, boor, peasant”); likely of North Germanic origin, akin to Icelandic klunni (“clumsy fellow, klutz”), Swedish kluns (“clumsy fellow”), all from Middle Low German klunz, from klunt (“pile, lump, something thick”); according to Pokorny, this could be related to a group of Germanic derivatives of Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up; amass”), such as Proto-West Germanic *klott (“lump”), Proto-Germanic *klūtaz (“clod, lump”), *kultaz (“lump, bundle”), etc.
2. Alternatively, directly from Low German (compare North Frisian klönne (“clumsy fellow, klutz”), Dutch kluns (“clumsy fellow, klutz”), Dutch kloen (“uncouth person, lout”)), themselves from the same ultimate source as above.
3. Unlikely from Latin colōnus (“colonist, farmer”), although learned awareness of this term may have influenced semantic development. See: Frisian, Northern 'klönne', Dutch '
kloen'.
Sample Sentences
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Except for Rasheena, the rest of the baby mamas was at least struggling to live halfway right. They used to clown and act shitty whenever they came by Noojie's and saw Carmiesha there. But every last one of them ended up being grateful to her for the things she did for their kids. [2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 128:]
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The show Dismissed was one of my favorites, because I like to see people get clowned. [2002, Vibe, volume 10, number 11, page 62:]
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All my comrades were laughing and clowning me, but shit, that didn't stop me from talking more shit. [2017, Darrell Smith, Miracle Baby:]