“even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point”
- Synonyms:
- gag, jest, joke, laugh
- Types:
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belly laugh, howler, riot, scream, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow
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)
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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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humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
