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  • 61joker — [n] person who kids, teases actor, banana*, buffoon, card*, clown, comedian, comic, cutup*, droll, farceur, fool, funster*, gagster*, humorist, jester, jokesmith, jokester, josher*, kidder, life of the party*, prankster*, punster*, quipster*,… …

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  • 62wag — [n] person who is very funny a million laughs*, card*, clown, comedian, comic, cutup*, droll*, farceur*, funny person, funster*, humorist, jester*, joker, jokester, kibitzer*, kidder, life of the party*, madcap*, prankster, punster, quipster,… …

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  • 63wit — [n1] humor aphorism, badinage, banter, bon mot, burlesque, drollery, facetiousness, fun, gag, jest, jocularity, joke, lark, levity, pleasantry, practical joke, prank, pun, quip, raillery, repartee, sally, satire, trick, whimsicality, wisecrack,… …

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  • 64wits — wit [n1] humor aphorism, badinage, banter, bon mot, burlesque, drollery, facetiousness, fun, gag, jest, jocularity, joke, lark, levity, pleasantry, practical joke, prank, pun, quip, raillery, repartee, sally, satire, trick, whimsicality,… …

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  • 65quip — ► NOUN ▪ a witty remark. ► VERB (quipped, quipping) ▪ make a quip. DERIVATIVES quipster noun. ORIGIN perhaps from Latin quippe indeed …

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  • 66quip — [kwip] n. [contr. < earlier quippy < L quippe, indeed, forsooth < quid,WHAT + pe, emphatic enclitic] 1. a witty or, esp. formerly, sarcastic remark or reply; jest or gibe 2. a quibble; cavil 3. something curious or odd vt. quipped,… …

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  • 67quip — n. & v. n. 1 a clever saying; an epigram; a sarcastic remark etc. 2 a quibble; an equivocation. v.intr. (quipped, quipping) make quips. Derivatives: quipster n. Etymology: abbr. of obs. quippy perh. f. L quippe forsooth …

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