a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
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| gag |
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| jape |
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| jest |
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| joke |
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| laugh |
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sample sentences
"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"
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