buffooning

But no, here he is, buffooning his way around like he just quit “The Daily Show”.

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For him, in fact, I would say it required "eccentricity" and a bit of "buffooning polarity" to pull off such grand feats of large scale cognition ignition, moving even scoffingly disclaiming "opponents" (those come just to bear witness, of course ....) into recognition, in spite of themselves.

George Carlin and the 2008 Election 2008

For him, in fact, I would say it required "eccentricity" and a bit of "buffooning polarity" to pull off such grand feats of large scale cognition ignition, moving even scoffingly disclaiming "opponents" (those come just to bear witness, of course ....) into recognition, in spite of themselves.

George Carlin and the 2008 Election 2008

For him, in fact, I would say it required "eccentricity" and a bit of "buffooning polarity" to pull off such grand feats of large scale cognition ignition, moving even scoffingly disclaiming "opponents" (those come just to bear witness, of course ....) into recognition, in spite of themselves.

George Carlin and the 2008 Election 2008

First of all, the Mullah reads them something out of the Koran; then gifts are bestowed upon the young couple and all their relations; the next thing is eating and drinking of buza, then the dance on horseback; and there is always some ragamuffin, bedaubed with grease, bestriding a wretched, lame jade, and grimacing, buffooning, and making the worshipful company laugh.

A Hero of Our Time 2003

He was forever buffooning, and if he sat on a high stool with his toes just touching the floor, his head on one side, a sad expression of countenance, and the tips of his fingers touching, he was supposed to be doing something amusing, and the effort would be rewarded with laughter, in which, however, Evadne could not join.

The Heavenly Twins Madame Sarah Grand

Such were our feelings, nor could it well be otherwise; for Tieck was, and is, a poet of the highest grade -- not a playwright and systematic jest-hunter; and would as soon have put forth his hand in impious challenge against the Ark, as have stooped to become a buffooning pander to the idle follies of the million.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 Various

Bazarov, shrugging his shoulders contemptuously, Bazarov, who knew how to talk to peasants (as he had boasted in his dispute with Pavel Petrovitch), did not in his self-confidence even suspect that in their eyes he was all the while something of the nature of a buffooning clown.

Chapter XXVII 1917

First of all, the Mullah reads them something out of the Koran; then gifts are bestowed upon the young couple and all their relations; the next thing is eating and drinking of buzá, then the dance on horseback; and there is always some ragamuffin, bedaubed with grease, bestriding a wretched, lame jade, and grimacing, buffooning, and making the worshipful company laugh.

A Hero of Our Time 1916

I wrote to you by last post, enclosing a buffooning letter for publication, addressed to the buffoon Roberts, who has thought proper to tie a canister to his own tail.

Selected English Letters Various 1913