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n. activity characterized by good humor

n. 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"

joke

v. act in a funny or teasing way

joke, tell a joke

v. tell a joke; speak humorously; "He often jokes even when he appears serious"

crack, sally, wisecrack, quip

n. witty remark

joke, jest, wheeze, yak, gag, laugh, jape

n. 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"

pass, fling, whirl, crack, go, offer

n. a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"

account, report

n. the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple"

snap, child's play, walkover, cinch, pushover, duck soup, piece of cake

n. activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules; "Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child"

joke, jest, jocularity

n. activity characterized by good humor

pun, punning, wordplay

n. a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"

crack, sally, wisecrack, quip

n. witty remark

abuse, insult, revilement, contumely

n. a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team"

takeoff, parody, mockery, charade, lampoon, spoof, sendup, burlesque, travesty, pasquinade

n. a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way

play

v. be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children; "The kids were playing outside all day"; "I used to play with trucks as a little girl"

kid, chaff, jolly, banter

v. be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"

rally, ride, tease, rag, taunt, cod, bait, twit, tantalize

v. harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"

guy, rib, ridicule, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, make fun of, poke fun at

v. 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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