joke
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a short story that is funny at the end. The last line of the joke is called the punchline
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a humorous use of a word that has two meanings, or of words with the same sound but different meanings. For example, in the sentence ‘The violinist spent the night in a vile inn’, vile inn (=poor hotel) sounds like violin.
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the use of statements with a second possible meaning, usually referring to sex and intended as a joke, or one of these statements
a clever or funny use of a word that has two different meanings
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a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken
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