outclown

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verb

To surpass in clownery; to be funnier than.

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Meanings

verboutclown (third-person singular simple present outclowns, present participle outclowning, simple past and past participle outclowned)

present singular third person outclowns · participle present outclowning · participle past outclowned · past outclowned

  1. transitiveTo surpass in clownery; to be funnier than.

    So many of the best comedians in America, each trying to outclown the other, made a spectacle I am not likely to forget.

    1929, Perry Githens, “The New Books”, in Life, volume 93, number 2410, page 30

Origin

From out- + clown.

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MLA

“outclown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outclown. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outclown,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outclown.

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