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punch line

NOUN
the climax of a joke
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She comes up with a superior punch line, one worth delivering to an audience.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

Her response to questions about the DOJ’s failure to prosecute Epstein’s accomplices with the statement “the Dow is over $50,000 right now” became an immediate punch line.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

They had to train with a gun, for example, and, more important, let go of the need for punch line.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

I’m a Jersey-born Muslim, same as Youssef, and I was wedged in Row N next to an auntie who looked primed to eye-roll any haram punch line.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2025

We know the punch line of every joke before it gets told, so that whoever’s telling it is left to laugh alone.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank




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