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  • 21 buffoon

    1. n клоун, шут, буффон; фигляр
    2. a шутовской
    3. v фиглярничать, паясничать
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. clown (noun) clown; comedian; comic; cretin; drool; harlequin; idiot; jerk; jester; joker; merry-andrew; zany
    2. dolt (noun) dolt; fool; oaf

    English-Russian base dictionary > buffoon

  • 22 clown

    1. n клоун
    2. n шут
    3. n неотёсанный парень; деревенщина
    4. n грубиян, хам
    5. v дурачиться, строить из себя шута
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. boor (noun) boor; chuff; churl; clodhopper; grobian; mucker
    2. clumsy person (noun) bimbo; booby; bozo; clumsy person; goofball; lout; lummox; oaf; yahoo
    3. humorist (noun) buffoon; comedian; cut-up; fool; harlequin; humorist; jester; merry-andrew; mime
    4. rustic (noun) backwoodsman; bucolic; bumpkin; chawbacon; country jake; countryman; greenhorn; hayseed; hick; hillbilly; hillman; hoosier; jake; jay; joskin; mossback; mountaineer; peasant; provincial; redneck; rube; rustic; woodsy; yap; yokel
    5. wit (noun) comic; cutup; farceur; joker; jokester; wag; wit; zany
    6. joke (verb) banter; cut up; fool around; jest; joke; kid around; play pranks; play the fool

    English-Russian base dictionary > clown

  • 23 harlequin

    1. n Арлекин

    harlequin Dane — арлекин, датский дог

    2. n шут, клоун; паяц
    3. a бурлескный, смешной
    4. a пёстрый, многоцветный
    Синонимический ряд:
    humorist (noun) buffoon; clown; comedian; cut-up; fool; humorist; jester; joker; merry-andrew; mime; zany

    English-Russian base dictionary > harlequin

  • 24 zany

    1. n дурак, простофиля, простак
    2. n разг. любитель валять дурака; чудила
    3. n арх. ист. шут, фигляр, клоун, гаер
    4. n дзанни
    5. n редк. прихлебатель, подхалим
    6. a смешной, потешный
    7. a клоунский, фиглярский; идиотский
    8. v редк. подражать; передразнивать; паясничать
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. comic (adj.) amusing; comic; comical; droll; funny; hilarious; humorous; laughable; risible
    2. mad (adj.) absurd; crazy; dumb; fantastic; feeble-minded; foolish; goofy; harebrained; idiotic; inane; insane; lunatic; mad; nonsensical; preposterous; silly; unearthly; wacky
    3. clown (noun) buffoon; card; clown; comedian; comic; cutup; farceur; harlequin; humorist; jester; joker; jokester; merry-andrew; wag; wit
    4. fool (noun) ament; cretin; fool; half-wit; idiot; imbecile; moron; natural; simpleton; softhead; underwit
    Антонимический ряд:

    English-Russian base dictionary > zany

См. также в других словарях:

  • Merry Andrew — can mean: Merry andrew (clown) Merry Andrew (film), a musical comedy starring Danny Kaye and Pier Angeli This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link …   Wikipedia

  • merry-andrew — a buffoon; a zany; a jack pudding [Johnson], originally mountebank s assistant, 1670s, from MERRY (Cf. merry) + masc. proper name ANDREW (Cf. Andrew), but there is no certain identification with an individual …   Etymology dictionary

  • merry-andrew — [mer′ē an′dro͞o΄] n. [ MERRY + ANDREW: orig. uncert.] a buffoon; clown …   English World dictionary

  • Merry-andrew — Mer ry an drew (m[e^]r r[y^] [a^]n dr[udd]), n. One whose business is to make sport for others; a buffoon; a zany; especially, one who attends a mountebank or quack doctor. [1913 Webster] Note: This term is said to have originated from one Andrew …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • merry-andrew — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈan(ˌ)drü noun ( s) Usage: often capitalized M&A Etymology: merry (I) + the name Andrew : one that clowns publicly : buffoon, mountebank …   Useful english dictionary

  • merry-andrew — noun Usage: often capitalized M&A Etymology: merry + Andrew, proper name Date: 1677 a person who clowns publicly …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • merry-andrew — /mer ee an drooh/, n. a clown; buffoon. [1665 75; MERRY + Andrew, generic use of the proper name] * * * …   Universalium

  • Merry Andrew — noun A person who clowns publicly; a buffoon; an entertainers assistant. Instead, therefore, of answering my landlady, the puppet show man ran out to punish his Merry Andrew [...] …   Wiktionary

  • merry-andrew — mer′ry an′drew [[t] ˈæn dru[/t]] n. a clown; buffoon • Etymology: 1665–75; merry+Andrew, generic use of the proper name …   From formal English to slang

  • Merry Andrew (film) — Merry Andrew Original poster Directed by Michael Kidd Produced by …   Wikipedia

  • merry-andrew — merry an·drew …   English syllables

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