class clown
A student who frequently makes jokes or pokes fun; a wiseacre.
He was always the class clown, constantly telling jokes and attracting everyone's attention in school.
class
UK /klɑːs/ US /klɑːs/
noun 5verb 3name 2adj 1
Definitions
noun
1
A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
The new Ford Fiesta is set to be best in the 'small family' class.
That is one class-A heifer you got there, sonny.
2
A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three main classes: upper class, middle class and working class.
Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.
3
The division of society into classes.
Jane Austen's works deal with class in 18th-century England.
4
Admirable behavior; elegance.
Apologizing for losing your temper, even though you were badly provoked, showed real class.
5
A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.
The class was noisy, but the teacher was able to get their attention with a story.
verb
1
To assign to a class; to classify.
I would class this with most of the other mediocre works of the period.
She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,[…]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.
2
To be grouped or classed.
the genus or family under which it classes
3
To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.
adj
1
great; fabulous
To talented authors Tim Ash and Brian Reich for introducing me to John Wiley & Sons—a truly class outfit.
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