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jeu d'esprit
a witty comment or writing
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bon mot, mot
a clever remark
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esprit de l'escalier
a witty remark that occurs to you too late
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bite, pungency
wit having a sharp and caustic quality
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caustic remark, irony, sarcasm, satire
witty language used to convey insults or scorn
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repartee
adroitness and cleverness in reply
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gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
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caricature, imitation, impersonation
a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
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cartoon, sketch
a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine
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fun, play, sport
verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
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ribaldry
ribald humor
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topper
an exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone before
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mock-heroic
a satirical imitation of heroic verse
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backchat, banter, give-and-take, raillery
light teasing repartee
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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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burlesque, charade, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
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jocosity, jocularity
fun characterized by humor
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waggery, waggishness
waggish behavior
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clowning, comedy, drollery, funniness
a comic incident or series of incidents
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paronomasia, pun, punning, wordplay
a humorous play on words
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cartoon strip, comic strip, funnies, strip
a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
