- joke, gag, laugh, jest, 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 hisown jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
--1 is a kind of wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
--1 has parts: punch line, laugh line, gag line, tag line
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