noun
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anything said or done to arouse laughter; a funny anecdote with a punch line; an amusing trick played on someone.
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a deriding or being derided; contempt; ridicule; derision.
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an act of imitating; comic or satirical imitation; mimicry.
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cheerfulness; joyousness; happiness; merriness.
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a laughing as from amusement, joy, etc.).
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a man who is always clowning and trying to be funny; clown; a buffoon; a jester.
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(rhet.) homorousness, as one of the sentiments.