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Noun
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Something done or said to amuse people
joke
crack
gag
quip
sally
wisecrack
witticism
josh
play
banter
funny
one-liner
pleasantry
fun
jape
boff
boffo
boffola
drollery
game
giggle
hoax
laugh
nifty
prank
pun
rib
waggery
yuck
yuk
comeback
repartee
bon mot
canard
clown
funny remark
jive
jolly
rib-tickler
ridicule
spoof
play on words
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“Quebec never made demands to the federal government in jest or with flippant jokes.”
Noun
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An act performed for amusement
prank
trick
dido
antic
caper
capriccio
escapade
frolic
gag
hoax
joke
knavery
monkeyshines
practical joke
rag
roguery
shavie
shines
waggery
jape
lark
leg-pull
put-on
piece of mischief
stunt
tomfoolery
game
high jinks
shenanigan
shenanigans
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Noun
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A person or thing that is the object of ridicule
target
mockery
joke
mark
sport
laughingstock
butt
mock
derision
fool
dupe
buffoon
laughing stock
object of ridicule
travesty
clown
hoot
jestee
Aunt Sally
butt of jokes
target of derision
object of derision
plaything
giggle
victim
prey
subject
recipient
object
patsy
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“Having become the scoff and jest of the town, he quitted it with shame and disgrace.”
Noun
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The state of being jocose
jocosity
comedy
drollery
funniness
comicality
humorousness
drollness
wit
jocularity
jocoseness
wittiness
facetiousness
flippancy
buffoonery
clowning
amusement
gaiety
comicalness
jesting
fun
badinage
banter
farce
tomfoolery
farcicality
playfulness
witticism
levity
gag
happiness
joyfulness
raillery
ridiculousness
ludicrousness
whimsy
joke
lightness
pleasantry
wisecrack
joking
kidding
zaniness
high spirits
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Noun
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Senseless talk or writing
tommyrot
nonsense
hogwash
drivel
rubbish
twaddle
garbage
malarkey
poppycock
claptrap
baloney
balderdash
blather
bunk
piffle
rot
codswallop
tosh
bull
guff
trash
bunkum
hooey
crock
bilge
moonshine
hokum
flapdoodle
humbug
bosh
folly
applesauce
fiddlesticks
boloney
horsefeathers
blarney
crapola
foolishness
blither
silliness
senselessness
stupidity
slush
blah
malarky
fudge
muck
hokeypokey
jazz
nuts
flannel
tripe
gibberish
taradiddle
trumpery
drool
hoodoo
tarradiddle
blatherskite
buncombe
fiddle
beans
falderal
folderol
nerts
punk
babble
prattle
bombast
absurdity
inanity
palaver
jive
rigmarole
idiocy
fatuity
madness
irrationality
ludicrousness
imprudence
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Noun
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A state of high-spirits
playfulness
gaiety
liveliness
spirit
bounciness
frolicsomeness
merrymaking
bounce
waggishness
good nature
vivacity
high spirits
jauntiness
merriment
cheerfulness
mirth
revelry
fun
glee
festivity
hilarity
conviviality
cheer
joviality
gleefulness
merriness
jollity
jocundity
whoopee
frolic
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Noun
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A lack of seriousness, especially in the context of fun or entertainment
frivolity
frivolousness
levity
flightiness
flippancy
puerility
silliness
triviality
facetiousness
jocularity
joking
skittishness
superficiality
unimportance
vacuity
zaniness
dizziness
foolishness
frothiness
fun
gaiety
giddiness
inanity
childishness
coquetting
daftness
dippiness
ditziness
flirting
folly
fribble
frippery
game
inconsequentiality
lightheartedness
merriment
nonsense
perkiness
play
playfulness
shallowness
sport
toying
trifling
whimsicality
whimsy
dallying
lightness
light-heartedness
empty-headedness
light-headedness
light-mindedness
mirth
humourUK
humorUS
joviality
cheerfulness
drollery
cheeriness
amusement
absurdity
hilarity
jesting
waggishness
glee
wit
laughter
wittiness
jollity
senselessness
asininity
comedy
high spirits
fatuity
festivity
irresponsibility
jokiness
madness
imbecility
lunacy
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Noun
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An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect
parody
caricature
spoof
burlesque
send-up
imitation
satire
lampoon
skit
takeoff
mockery
pastiche
put-on
rib
take-off
travesty
pappyshow
pasquinade
pasticcio
apology
copy
derision
insult
irony
mime
mimicry
mock-heroic
play-on
raillery
ridicule
roast
pale imitation
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Verb
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Speak in a joking way
crack
gag
joke
quip
sally
banter
pun
wisecrack
crack jokes
tell jokes
make a joke
crack a joke
play with words
kid
slang
clown
jape
jolly
yuk
rag
needle
revel
yuck
kid around
horse around
poke fun
play the clown
make merry
“I sipped my ale, and wondered what if anything the two men had spoken of while I jested with Hildfleda.”
Verb
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To tell a joke or talk in a playful manner
kid
fool
joke
tease
fun
josh
quip
banter
chaff
mock
gag
hoax
jape
jeer
jive
jolly
scoff
sneer
wisecrack
yuck
yuk
deride
gibe
shuck
flout
fool about
fool around
gird
have on
needle
rag
razz
rib
roast
spoof
wind up
play a prank
play a practical joke
put on
make a monkey out of
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“He enjoyed drinking and jesting with his cronies.”
Verb
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Behave in a comical or playful way
clown
joke
fool around
act foolishly
fool about
lark
mess about
play about
act the clown
cut up
horse around
lark about
mess around
monkey about
monkey around
play around
play the fool
play tricks
act the fool
horse about
indulge in horseplay
lark around
muck about
muck around
act the goat
engage in high jinks
act crazy
be silly
bug out
clown around
have fun
kid around
play the goat
play for laughs
play the giddy goat
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Verb
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To smile in a scornful or deprecating manner
snigger
smile
snicker
laugh
sneer
affront
belittle
burlesque
caricature
crack
decry
deride
detract
disdain
disparage
dump
fleer
flout
gibe
gird
grin
insult
jeer
lampoon
leer
rally
ridicule
satiriseUK
satirizeUS
scoff
scorn
slam
slight
swipe
taunt
travesty
twit
underrate
laugh at
put down
quip at
rank out
sneeze at
sniff at
curl one's lip
give Bronx cheer
hold in contempt
look down on
hold up to ridicule
turn up one's nose
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Verb
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Make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice
jeer
deride
mock
ridicule
heckle
hector
taunt
abuse
jibe
laugh at
insult
knock
tease
boo
catcall
gibe
hiss
interrupt
scorn
banter
barrack
scoff
scoff at
scout
skewer
sneer
sneer at
contemn
flout
jibe at
shout at
shout disapproval
shout down
blow raspberries
boo at
catcall at
comeback
dig
fleer
hiss at
hoot
hoot at
jab
quip
shoot down
shout disapproval at
snipe
whistle at
blow raspberries at
flout at
call names
poke fun
put down
put on
cock a snook at
make a crack
give someone a hard time
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