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Nouns (4)

epigram

n. a witty saying

crack, sally, wisecrack

n. witty remark

Verbs (1)

gag

v. make jokes or quips; "The students were gagging during dinner"

Adverbs (0)

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Fuzzynyms (36)

lesson, moral

n. the significance of a story or event; "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor"

joke, jest, jocularity

n. activity characterized by good humor

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"

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

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

give-and-take, banter, raillery, backchat

n. light teasing repartee

repartee

n. adroitness and cleverness in reply

humor, wit, humour, witticism, wittiness

n. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

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"

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