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has gloss(noun) a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
wittiness, humour, humor, wit, witticism
lexicalizationeng: humor
lexicalizationeng: humour
lexicalizationeng: witticism
lexicalizationeng: wittiness
lexicalizationeng: wit
subclass of(noun) what a communication that is about something is about
message, substance, content, subject matter
has subclass(noun) a witty comment or writing
jeu d'esprit
has subclass(noun) a clever remark
mot, bon mot
has subclass(noun) a witty remark that occurs to you too late
esprit de l'escalier
has subclass(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; "he commented with typical pungency"; "the bite of satire"
bite, pungency
has subclass(noun) witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift
satire, sarcasm, irony, caustic remark
has subclass(noun) adroitness and cleverness in reply
repartee
has subclass(noun) 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"
jape, jest, laugh, joke, gag
has subclass(noun) a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
impersonation, caricature, imitation
has subclass(noun) a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine
cartoon, sketch
has subclass(noun) verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport"
fun, play, sport
has subclass(noun) ribald humor
ribaldry
has subclass(noun) an exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone before
topper
has subclasse/Hartford Wits
Meaning
Czech
lexicalizationces: vtip
lexicalizationces: vtipnost
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Danish
lexicalizationdan: vittighed
German
lexicalizationdeu: Spaß
lexicalizationdeu: Witz
lexicalizationdeu: Bonmot
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Modern Greek (1453-)
lexicalizationell: ευφυολογία
Esperanto
lexicalizationepo: spritaĵo
lexicalizationepo: komikeco
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Finnish
lexicalizationfin: nasevuus
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French
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Hindi
lexicalizationhin: hAjZirajavAbI
Croatian
lexicalizationhrv: šala
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Armenian
lexicalizationhye: սրամտություն
Icelandic
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Italian
lexicalizationita: lazzo
lexicalizationita: facezia
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Japanese
lexicalizationjpn: 名言
Georgian
lexicalizationkat: იუმორის გრძნობა
Korean
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Latin
lexicalizationlat: dicterium
lexicalizationlat: facetia
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Dutch
lexicalizationnld: mop
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Norwegian Bokmål
lexicalizationnob: vits
Norwegian
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Moldavian
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Russian
lexicalizationrus: насмешка
lexicalizationrus: юмор
lexicalizationrus: шутка
lexicalizationrus: хохма
lexicalizationrus: острота
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Slovak
lexicalizationslk: duchaplnosť
Castilian
lexicalizationspa: chiste
lexicalizationspa: humor
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Swedish
lexicalizationswe: kvickhet
lexicalizationswe: humor
Thai
lexicalizationtha: ความตลกขบขัน
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Turkish
lexicalizationtur: þaka
Ukrainian
lexicalizationukr: гумор
lexicalizationukr: дотеп
Eastern Yiddish
lexicalizationydd: הומאָר

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