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jape
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| jape - 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, gag, laugh, jest | ||
| witticism, wittiness, wit, humor, humour a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter | ||
| gag line, punch line, tag line, laugh line the point of a joke or humorous story | ||
| sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow, belly laugh, howler, scream, riot a joke that seems extremely funny | ||
| blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty story an indelicate joke | ||
| ethnic joke a joke at the expense of some ethnic group | ||
| funny, funny remark, funny story, good story an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line); "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny" | ||
| 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 | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- jape (v. i.)
To jest; to play tricks; to jeer. - jape (v. t.)
To mock; to trick.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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jape
jāp, v.i. to jest, joke.—v.t. to mock.—n. a jest, joke, trick. [O. Fr. japer.]
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