makeshift stopgap make-do | something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency |
shuffle shuffling make | the act of mixing cards haphazardly |
antic 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) |
busywork make-work | active work of little value, while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork |
make-believe pretend | the enactment of a pretense, it was just pretend |
makeup make-up war paint | cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance |
constitution composition physical composition makeup make-up | the way in which someone or something is composed |
joke | a triviality not to be taken seriously, I regarded his campaign for mayor as a joke |
pretense pretence make-believe | imaginative intellectual play |
brand make | a recognizable kind, there's a new brand of hero in the movies now, what make of car is that? |
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) |
makeup make-up | an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event, he missed the test and had to take a makeup, the two teams played a makeup one week later |
conciliator make-peace pacifier peacemaker reconciler | someone who tries to bring peace |
make | act in a certain way so as to acquire, make friends, make enemies |
relax unstrain unlax loosen up unwind make relaxed | cause to feel relaxed, A hot bath always relaxes me |
grimace make a face pull a face | contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state, He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do |
make up | apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier, She makes herself up every morning |
f make urinate piddle puddle micturate piss pee pee-pee make water relieve oneself take a leak spend a penny wee wee-wee pass water | eliminate urine, Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug |
stool defecate shit take a shit take a crap ca-ca crap make | have a bowel movement, The dog had made in the flower beds |
joke jest | act in a funny or teasing way |
make | behave in a certain way, make merry |
make as if | begin or appear to begin an action, He made as if to shake my hand |
make get | give certain properties to something, get someone mad, She made us look silly, He made a fool of himself at the meeting, Don't make this into a big deal, This invention will make you a millionaire, Make yourself clear |
develop make grow | cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development, The perfect climate here develops the grain, He developed a new kind of apple |
make make up | put in order or neaten, make the bed, make up a room |
fill fill up make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense, fill a container, fill the child with pride |
purify sublimate make pure distill | remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation, purify the water |
make c | develop into, He will make a splendid father! |
save make unnecessary | make unnecessary an expenditure or effort, This will save money, I'll save you the trouble, This will save you a lot of time |
make f | change from one form into another, make water into wine, make lead into gold, make clay into bricks |
make e | favor the development of, Practice makes the winner |
make | cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable, make my day |
make out | comprehend, I cannot make out what this politician is saying |
lay down establish make d | institute, enact, or establish, make laws |
take a joke | listen to a joke at one's own expense, Can't you take a joke? |
decide make up one's mind determine | reach, make, or come to a decision about something, We finally decided after lengthy deliberations |
make c | calculate as being, I make the height aboutfeet |
make | consider as being, It wasn't the problem some people made it |
draw make | make, formulate, or derive in the mind, I draw a line here, draw a conclusion, draw parallels, make an estimate, What do you make of his remarks? |
make out | try to establish, She made out that she know nothing about the crime |
reconcile patch up make up conciliate settle | come to terms, After some discussion we finally made up |
induce stimulate cause have get make | cause to do, cause to act in a specified manner, The ads induced me to buy a VCR, My children finally got me to buy a computer, My wife made me buy a new sofa |
make no bones about | acknowledge freely and openly, He makes no bones about the fact that he is gay |