JAPE as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • he told a very funny joke
    • he knows a million gags
    • thanks for the laugh
    • he laughed unpleasantly at hisown jest
    • even a schoolboy’’s jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
    Hypernyms(s) jape is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)