Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a witticism; as, to crack good-natured jokes.
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Acquitted; set free; rid of.
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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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To support or sustain; to hold up.
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To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.
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To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
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To share in common; to participate in.
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To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.
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The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.
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To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.
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The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business.
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Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.
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the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"
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To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication.
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The quality or state of being petty or paltry; littleness; meanness.
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The quality or state of being puny; littleness; pettiness; feebleness.
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The act of recreating, or the state of being recreated; refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion; sport; pastime.
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The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
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The quality or state of being trivial; trivialness.
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of Wit
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A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit.
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The quality of being witty.
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Old; antique.
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A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor.
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A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.
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To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of spe…
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To pound.
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A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a gibe.
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The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners.
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Droll; comical; amusing; laughable.
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One who howls.
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That which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor; cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable playfulness in conversation; a jocos…
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Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
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To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech.
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The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; as, the waggery of a sc…
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A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.
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A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.
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To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of spe…
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To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of spe…
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A deed; an action; a gest.
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A deed; an action; a gest.
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Given to jesting; jocose; as, a jocular person.
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Given to jesting; jocose; as, a jocular person.
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To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the fa…
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To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the fa…
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A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which hold…
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A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which hold…
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Old; antique.
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To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.
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To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of spe…
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To jest; to play tricks; to jeer.
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A deed; an action; a gest.
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Jesting; merriment.
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To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the fa…
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To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously; -- often followed by up; as, to prank up the body. See Prink.
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An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade.
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