fun (n)
play#2 (n)
sport (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 10
def verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
examples he became a figure of fun
he said it in sport
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Hypernym wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
Hyponym jocosity, jocularity; waggery, waggishness; drollery, clowning, comedy, funniness; pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia
Incoming links
Hyponym wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
Hypernym jocosity, jocularity; waggery, waggishness; drollery, clowning, comedy, funniness; pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia

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