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joke - a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point" |
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gag,
laugh,
jest,
jape |
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witticism,
wittiness,
wit,
humor,
humour a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
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gag line,
punch line,
tag line,
laugh line the point of a joke or humorous story
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sidesplitter,
thigh-slapper,
wow,
belly laugh,
howler,
scream,
riot a joke that seems extremely funny
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blue joke,
blue story,
dirty joke,
dirty story an indelicate joke
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ethnic joke a joke at the expense of some ethnic group
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funny,
funny remark,
funny story,
good story an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line); "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny"
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in-joke a joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people
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one-liner a one-line joke
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shaggy dog story a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness
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sick joke a joke in bad taste
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sight gag,
visual joke a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)
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joke - a triviality not to be taken seriously; "I regarded his campaign for mayor as a joke" |
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puniness,
pettiness,
slightness,
triviality smallness of stature
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joke - tell a joke; speak humorously; "He often jokes even when he appears serious" |
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jest |
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intercommunicate,
communicate be interconnected, afford passage; "These rooms intercommunicate"
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jest at,
laugh at,
make fun,
poke fun,
ridicule,
blackguard,
guy,
rib,
roast subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"
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quip,
gag make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
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horse around,
arse around,
fool around,
fool indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about"
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pun make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"
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joke - act in a funny or teasing way |
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jest |
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behave,
act,
do behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
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antic,
clown,
clown around act as or like a clown
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