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  • laugh —    Aka, aka aka, hō aka, hō aka aka.   Rare: kani ahē, ehehene, lua āpana.    ♦ Laugh provoking, ho omāke aka, laupa apa ani.    ♦ To laugh at, henehene, ho ohenehene, pāhenehene, ho omā auea …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • funny — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. amusing, droll, comic; absurd, laughable, mirth provoking, ludicrous; informal, strange, odd; ( pl.) comics. See wit, absurdity. Ant., unfunny. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Stirring to laughter] Syn.… …   English dictionary for students

  • gag — I. verb (gagged; gagging) Etymology: Middle English gaggen to strangle, of imitative origin Date: 1509 transitive verb 1. a. to restrict use of the mouth of by inserting a gag b. to prevent from exercising freedom of speech or expression c. to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • The Boomerang —    Opening 10 August 1915 at the Belasco Theatre, this comedy by Winchell Smith and Victor Mapes was produced and directed by David Belasco and enjoyed an excellent run of 522 performances. Good performances, especially by Arthur Byron as the… …   The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater

  • ludicrous — I adjective absurd, amusing, asinine, at variance with the facts, barely possible, beyond belief, bizarre, comical, contrary to common sense, contrary to reason, crazy, derisible, doubtable, dubitable, eccentric, fallacious, fantastic,… …   Law dictionary

  • joke — joke, jest, jape, quip, witticism, wisecrack, crack, gag are comparable when they mean a remark, story, or action intended to evoke laughter. Joke, when applied to a story or remark, suggests something designed to promote good humor and… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

  • Joker (comics) — The Joker redirects here. For other uses, see Joker (disambiguation). The Joker …   Wikipedia

  • Jack Benny — Infobox Radio Presenter name = Jack Benny imagesize = caption = 1942 portrait photograph of Jack Benny. birthname = Benjamin Kubelsky birthdate = birth date|1894|2|14|mf=y birthplace = Waukegan, Illinois deathdate = death date and age… …   Wikipedia

  • humour — /hyooh meuhr/, n., v.t., Chiefly Brit. humor. Usage. See or1. * * * I (Latin; fluid ) In early Western physiological theory, one of the four body fluids thought to determine a person s temperament and features. As hypothesized by Galen, the four… …   Universalium

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