His classmates remember him as 'the class clown'. [=a student who tried to make other students laugh]
a rodeo 'clown' [=a person in a rodeo who dresses like a circus clown]
He was always 'playing the clown'. [=trying to make people laugh]
(..) As long as you don't have nightmares for a week. No, I won't. I don't get scared like that anymore. Oh, yeah? Not even of clowns? No. What about my witch? - No. Mom... - Ooh... - I'm not five anymore. (..)2016 TvShow: Stranger Things Title: Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers Season: 1 Episode 1