as in monkeys (around)
to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior
as a youngster he was always clowning around in the classroom
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Options laid out in an Interior Department study of new operating rules absent a seven-state solution envision Lower Basin cuts up to twice what the Southwestern states have suggested.—
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“Clowns (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clowns%20%28around%29. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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