verb Street Slang

clowning

· verb · la

Showing off in a lowrider — switches, three-wheeling, the works.

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Definitions

1

Putting on a show in your lowrider — hitting switches, three-wheeling, bouncing it down the boulevard for the crowd. The whole point of cruise night.

“Sunday on Crenshaw everybody's out clowning.”
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2

Roasting someone, making fun of them. Not lowrider-specific — wider hip-hop / Black English usage.

“They been clowning him in the group chat all morning.”
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3

Acting stupid, not taking something seriously.

“Quit clowning, we got work in the morning.”
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clowning In A Sentence

Sunday on Crenshaw everybody's out clowning.
They been clowning him in the group chat all morning.
Quit clowning, we got work in the morning.

Origin & Usage

Variants clownin'clown

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