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]
(..) You mix ed me up but good Right from the very start Hey, go play Robin Hood With somebody else's heart You got me jumping like a crazy clown... JOSH: Uhh! MIA: That was so-- -Awesome, huh? -Amazing! Ha ha! (..)2001 The Princess Diaries