Clown Around

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Clown Around

Definition: Clown Around

Clown Around

Verb

1. Act as or like a clown.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonyms: Clown Around

Synonyms: antic (v), clown (v). (additional references)

Modern Usage: Clown Around

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Megan, don't clown around. (Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives; writing credit: Tom McLoughlin; Victor Miller)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: Clown Around

Language		Translations for "clown around"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		ulken (joke), kaspern (fool about, fool around), herumblödeln (clown, lark about, lark around, mess about, mess around, muck about, muck around, play). (various references)

Indonesian		ngebanyol. (various references)

Pig Latin		ownclay arounday

Turkish		soytarılık etmek (wear motley). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Clown Around

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-l-n-n-o-o-r-u-w"
	-3 letters: cauldron, crunodal, loanword.
	-4 letters: caldron, candour, cardoon, cornual, coronal, courlan, lardoon, nodular, noncola, nonword, norland, rundown, uncrown, undrawn.
	-5 letters: adnoun, around, candor, colour, condor, cordon, cornua, corona, coward, dolour, ladron, lardon, lurdan, nonwar, nounal, ocular, onward, racoon, unclad, uncool, undraw, unload, unworn.
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Alternative Orthography: Clown Around

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 6C 6F 77 6E 41 72 6F 75 6E 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01101100 01101111 01110111 01101110 00100000 01000001 01110010 01101111 01110101 01101110 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#108 &#111 &#119 &#110 &#32 &#65 &#114 &#111 &#117 &#110 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 006C 006F 0077 006E 0041 0072 006F 0075 006E 0064

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

37788189802358481878070

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Translations: Modern

5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography

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