English > laugh: 4 senses > noun 3, communication| Meaning | A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter. |
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| Examples | - "thanks for the laugh"
- "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"
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| Synonyms | joke, gag, jest, jape |
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| Parts | punch line, laugh line, gag line, tag line | The point of a joke or humorous story |
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| Narrower | belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riot | A joke that seems extremely funny |
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| dirty joke, dirty story, blue joke, blue story | An indelicate joke |
| ethnic joke | A joke at the expense of some ethnic group |
| funny story, good story, funny remark, funny | An account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line) |
| in-joke | A joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people |
| one-liner | A one-line joke |
| shaggy dog story | A long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness |
| sick joke | A joke in bad taste |
| sight gag, visual joke | A joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie) |
| Broader | wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness | A message whose ingenuity / ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter |
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| Spanish | broma, chanza, chiste, gracia, jocosidad, ocurrencia |
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| Catalan | acudit, agudesa, broma, gràcia, ocurrència, sortida |
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| Verbs | laugh | produce laughter |
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