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joke
noun as in fun, quip
Strongest matches
antic, farce, gag, humor, laugh, one-liner, parody, prank, pun, stunt, trick, wisecrack
Strong matches
buffoonery, burlesque, caper, caprice, chestnut, clowning, drollery, epigram, escapade, frolic, game, ha-ha, hoodwinking, horseplay, jape, jest, lark, mischief, mummery, payoff, play, pleasantry, put on, quirk, raillery, repartee, revel, sally, saw, shenanigan, sport, spree, tomfoolery, vagary, whimsy, witticism, yarn
Weak matches
noun as in person that is made fun of
verb as in kid, tease
Example Sentences
In light of what has been accused of, the joke about “selling” the woman seems particularly nasty.
But the difference between doing comedy in L.A. and doing comedy in New York is if you don’t write a new joke in New York every week, everybody knows.
Mr Edgley has previously joked that the challenge would be "the closest thing yet to swimming around Asgard" - the mythical home of the Norse god Thor.
The underlying message is that fascists can’t be so bad, if they also tell dad jokes or feel bad about eating too much chocolate.
"Wear sorry!" they said, in a joking reference to Sunderland's Wearside location.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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