jape
Noun
- 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 his own jest”; “even a schoolboy’s jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point”
- Synonyms
- joke
- gag
- laugh
- jest
- Less specific
- wit
- humor
- humour
- witticism
- wittiness
- More specific
- belly laugh
- sidesplitter
- howler
- thigh-slapper
- scream
- wow
- riot
- dirty joke
- dirty story
- blue joke
- blue story
- ethnic joke
- funny story
- good story
- funny remark
- funny
- in-joke
- one-liner
- shaggy dog story
- sick joke
- sight gag
- visual joke
- Parts
- punch line
- laugh line
- gag line
- tag line
- Related
- joke
- jest
- joke
- jest
- laugh
- express joy
- express mirth
- gagman
- gagster
- gagwriter
- gag
- quip
- jesting
- jocose
- jocular
- joking
- joker
- jokester
- joke
- jest
- joke
- jest
- Synonyms
- jape - LookUp noun
- a practical joke the childish jape of depositing a stink bomb in her locker
verb
- say or do something in jest or mockery
Origin
Middle English : apparently combining the form of Old French japer to yelp, yap with the sense of Old French gaber to mock