Beclown
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Beclown is a verb meaning (transitive) To make a fool of.
Meaning
(transitive) To make a fool of.
Example Sentences
To the extent that the demand for Black English comes from people with this attitude it is not a serious demand, and to answer their arguments would be to play their game and beclown onself.^([sic])
Even Democratic hopeful Joe Biden, whose mouth churns up huge yardage every time he answers a question the long way around, hasn't "beclowned" himself, to borrow a word much beloved in the conservative blogosphere.
In 1971, when I discussed his work in terms of this complex Renaissance understanding of folly, well documented in his own work and quite consistent with the traditions of the learned satire that he was trying to compose, he suggested that I had "beclowned" him, […]
Word Forms
- beclowns
- beclowning
- beclowned
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bedaff, foolify, antic, outfool, befuddle, baffle.
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