Synonyms for clowning
clown·ing

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1. buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, pranknoun

   acting like a clown or buffoon

   Synonyms:
   funniness, joke, trick, comedy, caper, drollery, bagatelle, buffoonery, put-on, frippery, antic, fluff, frivolity, prank, harlequinade, frivolousness, japery

2. drollery, clowning, comedy, funninessnoun

   a comic incident or series of incidents

   Synonyms:
   comedy, frivolity, buffoonery, drollery, funniness, japery, harlequinade, waggery, prank

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1. List of paraphrases for "clowning":

   clown

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1. President Barack Obama:

   For those of you who watched the game against the Wizards last night, it was, to use slang, he was clowning. He was all jumping up and down, just settle down.