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joke
prank
trick
caper put-on | a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement |
jest
joke jocularity | activity characterized by good humor |
| practical joke | a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish) |
| application practical application | the act of bringing something to bear, using it for a particular purpose, he advocated the application of statistics to the problem, a novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis |
| joke | a triviality not to be taken seriously, I regarded his campaign for mayor as a joke |
realpolitik
practical politics | politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations |
joke
gag
laugh jest
jape | 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 |
dirty joke
dirty story
blue joke
blue story | an indelicate joke |
| ethnic joke | a joke at the expense of some ethnic group |
| in-joke | a joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people |
| sick joke | a joke in bad taste |
sight gag
visual joke | a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie) |
licensed practical nurse
LPN
practical nurse | a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick |
prankster
cut-up
trickster
tricker
hoaxer
practical joker | someone who plays practical jokes on others |
joke
jest | act in a funny or teasing way |
| take a joke | listen to a joke at one's own expense, Can't you take a joke? |
joke
jest | tell a joke, speak humorously, He often jokes even when he appears serious |
flim-flam
play a joke on play tricks
trick
fob
fox
pull a fast one on
play a trick on
c | deceive somebody, We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week |
hoax
pull someone's leg
play a joke on | subject to a playful hoax or joke |
| practical | having or put to a practical purpose or use, practical mathematics, practical applications of calculus |
| practical | concerned with actual use or practice, he is a very practical person, the idea had no practical application, a practical knowledge of Japanese, woodworking is a practical art |
hardheaded
hard-nosed
practical pragmatic | guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory, a hardheaded appraisal of our position, a hard-nosed labor leader, completely practical in his approach to business, not ideology but pragmatic politics |
virtual(a)
practical(a) | being actually such in almost every respect, a practical failure, the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin |
for all practical purposes
to all intents and purposes for all intents and purposes | in every practical sense, to all intents and purposes the case is closed, the rest are for all practical purposes useless |