Bangkok - Spaniard Alvaro Neil is giving new meaning to the phrase clowning around the world.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

She is putting on a show and 'clowning' for her audience.    From Wordnik.com.  [Does Science Fiction, in Fact, Suck?] Reference

He brings to mind the kind of clowning defined and refined by.    From Wordnik.com.  [chicagotribune.com - News] Reference

At one point he talks of himself at school as "hiding behind a kind of clowning".    From Wordnik.com.  [Top stories from Times Online] Reference

More than that, though, Teachout demonstrates that Armstrong's smile wasn't a "clowning" routine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Moore to the Point] Reference

“Mr. Stayne didn’t go in for that particular kind of clowning?”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Death of a Fool]

The comedians in Washington are just clowning around.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2006] Reference

And there ` s a lot of potency to that word clowning.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 13, 2008] Reference

We see him clowning with reporters and jailers alike.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 22, 2009] Reference

Telzey said irritably, “Quit clowning around, TT!”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Complete Federation Of The Hub]

It seems to me that there isn't as much clowning around.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2009] Reference

Snowing instead of -- clowning, clowning, clowning there.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 18, 2007] Reference

What we ` re seeing here sometimes leads to clowning around.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 1, 2009] Reference

On the news, a soldier is clowning around behind the reporter.    From Wordnik.com.  [News of the Day] Reference

The song was in Minyan, but the bawdy clowning told the story.    From Wordnik.com.  [The King Must Die]

He pronounced the Monsieur ironically, as Mossieu, clowning it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maigret and the Pickpocket]

And daddy was clowning, because daddy used to clown around a lot.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 30, 2009] Reference

Jim Carrey and Al Pacino the two most accused of clowning around there.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2002] Reference

Reporters noticed his taut nerves, sheepish grins and clowning with Shore.    From Wordnik.com.  [SIX MEN AND A DONKEY] Reference

I started to get mad at him for clowning around and then noticed his face.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prayers To Broken Stones]

SCHIAVO: He didn ` t specify what the clowning around was to Mindy ` s mom.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 13, 2008] Reference

When I looked up there and didn't see him, I thought he was clowning again.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 25, 2007] Reference

O'BRIEN: Anyway, Garrett Reisman is clowning around and he's doing his thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2008] Reference

His daughter and his sister-in-law clowning around and joking with one another.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2009] Reference

And when I looked up there and didn't see him, I thought he was clowning again.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 16, 2007] Reference

I think he did some of the most astounding film clowning of anybody in history.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Jerry Lewis Discusses Hosting His 50th Telethon - September 1, 2000] Reference

When we did this Frank Loesser tribute, he was backstage and clowning and joking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fresh Air Celebrates Frank Loesser's 100th Birthday] Reference

I think he did some of the most astounding filmic clowning of anybody in history.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 29, 2003] Reference

YOUNG: A bunch of guys were in the room clowning and they were having a very good time.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 30, 2008] Reference

His clowning was dangerous enough without doing it in the neighborhood of known rapists.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Fire Upon the Deep]

During his first year at the academy, he got into plenty of scrapes, mostly for clowning.    From Wordnik.com.  [High School At Attention] Reference

But since it's my son, he knows I'm always clowning around and rapping and acting a fool.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marsalis' Sharp Social Critiques Come with Cool Riffs] Reference

There is no clowning around, however, for the man, one man in charge of coordinating it all.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 20, 2008] Reference

A second man chased him and then all the rest joined in, clowning on one leg, executing spins.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stalin's Ghost]

HAMMER: And clowning around on "The Apprentice," but by the end, one contestant wasn ` t smiling.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 4, 2005] Reference