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Jape

🔄 Synonyms of "Jape"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
wheezenoun	To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.
gagnoun	A joke or other mischievous prank.
jestnoun	To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
jokenoun	Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
laughnoun	(intransitive) 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 face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
yaknoun	An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
jestnoun	(archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.
jokenoun	Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
laughnoun	An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
gagnoun	A joke or other mischievous prank.
wheezenoun	A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
yaknoun	An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane.
pranknoun	A practical joke or mischievous trick.
mocknoun	Mockery; the act of mocking.
ribnoun	(anatomy) Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.
funny	Amusing; humorous; comical.
jibenoun	A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.
quippetnoun	(rare) A little quip; a minor amusing remark.
quipnoun	A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe.
quibnoun	(archaic) A quip or gibe.
jeernoun	A mocking remark or reflection.
half jokenoun	(idiomatic) A statement which contains elements of both jest and seriousness.
jokingverb	(British, US, Ireland, colloquial, transitive) Kidding, trying to fool.
counterquipnoun	A quip made in response to another quip.
cracknoun	A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
standing jokenoun	A customary laughing matter amongst a group of people.