clown car (English, noun)
expansion: clown car (plural clown cars)
Senses:
topics: comedy
entertainment
lifestyle
glosses: A circus clown routine in which an implausibly large number of clowns climb into or out of a small car.
glosses: The undersized car used in a circus clown car routine.
glosses: A very small car.
tags: broadly
derogatory
often
glosses: A car or small enclosed space with too many people or things in it.
tags: broadly
topics: government
politics
glosses: Any process with a comically large number of participants, especially participants who themselves are comical or ridiculous.
tags: derogatory
figuratively
often
glosses: A car for clowns, especially the car of a circus train that carries the clowns.
tags: literally
glosses: A car that looks gaudy or otherwise ridiculous.
tags: derogatory
Forms:
form: clown cars
tags: plural