Defenition of the word jape

• Defenition of the word jape

  • a humorous anecdote or remark
  • 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 hisown jest"; "even a schoolboy''s jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
  • a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

Synonyms for the word jape

• • adventure
  • escapade
  • gag
  • jaunt
  • jest
  • joke
  • lark
  • laugh
  • wheeze
  • yak

Similar words in the jape

• • jape
  • jape's
  • japed
  • japes

Meronymys for the word jape

• • gag line
  • laugh line
  • punch line
  • tag line

Hyponyms for the word jape

• • belly laugh
  • blue joke
  • blue story
  • dirty joke
  • dirty story
  • ethnic joke
  • funny
  • funny remark
  • funny story
  • good story
  • howler
  • in-joke
  • one-liner
  • riot
  • scream
  • shaggy dog story
  • sick joke
  • sidesplitter
  • sight gag
  • thigh-slapper
  • visual joke
  • wow

Hypernyms for the word jape

• • humor
  • humour
  • wit
  • witticism
  • wittiness

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