Usually means: Clumsy, foolish people; often humorous.
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  1. buffoons: Merriam-Webster
  2. buffoons: Collins English Dictionary
  3. buffoons: Vocabulary.com
  4. Buffoons, buffoons: Wordnik
  5. buffoons: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. buffoons: Wiktionary
  7. buffoons: Dictionary.com
  8. buffoons: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Buffoons: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  10. buffoons: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (buffoon)

noun:  One who performs in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool.
noun:  (derogatory) An unintentionally ridiculous person.
verb:  To behave like a buffoon
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