clownery

English

Etymology

From clown +‎ -ery.

Noun

clownery (countable and uncountable, plural clowneries)

1. The behaviour of a clown; clownishness, tomfoolery.

   Synonym: clowning

   • 2009 May 9, Joshua Robinson, “Five-Run Inning Gives Mets Room for Errors”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Defensive clownery by the Mets at certain points of the game ultimately cost the 22-year-old Niese his first major league win in eight months.

Translations

the behaviour of a clown; clownishness, tomfoolery

• Armenian: խեղկատակություն (hy) (xeġkatakutʻyun)
• Catalan: pallassada f
• Czech: klaunovství n
• Finnish: pelleily (fi)
• Polish: błazenada (pl) f, błazeństwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: palhaçaria f, palhaçada (pt) f
• Russian: клоуна́да (ru) f (klounáda)
• Spanish: payasada (es) f, payasadas (es) f pl
• Tamil: கோமாளித்தனம் (kōmāḷittaṉam)