| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | Informal. Words or actions intended to excite laughter or amusement: gag, jape, jest, joke, quip, witticism. Informal : gag. Slang : ha-ha. See LAUGHTER. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Arousing laughter: amusing, comic, comical, droll, humorous, laughable, risible, zany. See LAUGHTER. 2. Causing puzzlement; perplexing: curious, odd, peculiar, queer, strange, weird. See USUAL. 3. Intended to excite laughter or amusement: comedic, facetious, humorous, jocose, jocular, witty. See LAUGHTER. 4. Deserving laughter: comic, comical, farcical, laughable, laughing, ludicrous, ridiculous, risible. See LAUGHTER. 5. Agreeably curious, especially in an old-fashioned or unusual way: odd, quaint. See USUAL.
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