1487 lines
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1487 lines
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{
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"gag":{
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"something said or done to cause laughter":{
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"examples":[
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"the movie featured a gag involving a chicken driving a car that audiences thought was hysterically funny"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"boff",
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"boffo",
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"boffola",
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"crack",
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"drollery",
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"funny",
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"giggle",
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"jape",
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"jest",
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"joke",
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"josh",
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"laugh",
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"nifty",
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"one-liner",
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"pleasantry",
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"quip",
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"rib",
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"sally",
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"waggery",
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"wisecrack",
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"witticism",
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"yuk",
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"yuck",
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"yak",
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"yock"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"funning",
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"joking",
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"wisecracking",
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"knee-slapper",
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"panic",
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"riot",
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"scream",
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"thigh-slapper",
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"antic",
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"buffoonery",
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"caper",
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"leg-pull",
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"monkeyshine(s)",
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"practical joke",
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"prank",
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"trick",
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"burlesque",
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"caricature",
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"lampoon",
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"mock",
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"mockery",
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"parody",
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"put-on",
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"riff",
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"banter",
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"kidding",
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"persiflage",
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"raillery",
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"repartee",
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"drollness",
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"facetiousness",
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"funniness",
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"hilariousness",
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"humorousness",
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"comedy",
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"humor",
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"wit",
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"wordplay"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke":{
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"examples":[
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"played a gag on their teammate by putting shaving cream in his hat"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"antic",
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"caper",
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"capriccio",
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"dido",
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"escapade",
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"frolic",
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"jest",
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"knavery",
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"monkeyshine(s)",
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"practical joke",
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"prank",
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"rag",
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"roguery",
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"shavie",
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"shine(s)",
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"trick",
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"waggery"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"skylarking",
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"adventure",
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"experience",
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"game",
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"lark",
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"time",
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"high jinks",
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"hijinks",
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"horseplay",
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"play",
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"roughhousing",
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"rowdyism",
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"shenanigan(s)",
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"tomfoolery",
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"joking",
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"kidding",
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"teasing",
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"gambit",
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"hoax",
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"maneuver",
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"ploy",
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"deed",
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"feat",
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"mission",
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"performance",
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"stunt",
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"caprice",
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"conceit",
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"fancy",
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"vagary",
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"whim",
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"whimsy",
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"whimsey",
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"deceit",
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"deception",
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"delusion",
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"fooling",
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"fraud",
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"hanky-panky",
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"hoodwinking",
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"ruse",
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"sham",
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"stratagem",
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"subterfuge",
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"trickery",
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"wile"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
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"examples":[
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"the terrible smell of rotting fish made me gag"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barf",
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"heave",
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"hurl",
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"puke",
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"retch",
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"spew",
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"spit up",
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"throw up",
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"upchuck",
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"vomit"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"disgorge",
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"regurgitate",
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"eject",
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"expel",
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"nauseate"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to experience complete or partial blockage of the windpipe":{
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"examples":[
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"took a bite that was too large and began to gag"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"choke",
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"suffocate"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"heave",
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"retch",
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"throw up",
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"vomit",
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"asphyxiate",
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"smother",
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"stifle"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"breathe",
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"respire",
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"expire",
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"inspire"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make jokes":{
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"examples":[
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"the actor typically mugs and gags through his movies, but in his latest vehicle he plays it straight"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banter",
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"chaff",
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"fool",
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"fun",
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"jape",
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"jest",
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"jive",
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"joke",
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"jolly",
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"josh",
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"kid",
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"quip",
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"wisecrack",
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"yuk",
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"yuck"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gibe",
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"jibe",
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"haze",
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"jeer",
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"mock",
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"rag",
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"rally",
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"razz",
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"rib",
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"ridicule",
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"tease",
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"caricature",
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"lampoon",
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"parody",
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"satirize",
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"amuse",
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"divert",
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"entertain"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gaga":{
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"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
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"examples":[
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"after years of being alone in that remote outpost he had become totally gaga"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"balmy",
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"barmy",
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"bats",
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"batty",
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"bedlam",
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"bonkers",
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"brainsick",
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"bughouse",
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"certifiable",
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"crackbrained",
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"cracked",
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"crackers",
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"crackpot",
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"cranky",
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"crazed",
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"crazy",
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"cuckoo",
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"daffy",
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"daft",
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"demented",
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"deranged",
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"fruity",
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"haywire",
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"insane",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"loco",
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"loony",
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"looney",
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"loony tunes",
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"looney tunes",
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"lunatic",
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"mad",
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"maniacal",
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"maniac",
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"mental",
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"meshuga",
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"meshugge",
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"meshugah",
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"meshuggah",
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"moonstruck",
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"non compos mentis",
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"nuts",
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"nutty",
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"psycho",
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"psychotic",
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"scatty",
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"screwy",
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"unbalanced",
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"unhinged",
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"unsound",
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"wacko",
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"whacko",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"wud"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dotty",
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"fey",
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"loopy",
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"off",
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"potty",
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"teched",
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"tetched",
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"touched",
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"aberrant",
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"delirious",
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"delusional",
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"delusionary",
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"disordered",
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"disturbed",
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"neurotic",
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"obsessive-compulsive",
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"paranoiac",
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"paranoic",
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"paranoid",
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"paranoidal",
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"schizoid",
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"schizophrenic",
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"sociopathic",
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"eccentric",
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"odd",
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"oddball",
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"pixilated",
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"pixillated",
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"queer",
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"strange",
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"foolish",
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"senseless",
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"witless",
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"irrational",
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"unreasonable",
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"amok",
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"amuck",
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"ape",
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"ballistic",
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"bananas",
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"berserk",
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"nuclear",
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"depressed",
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"distracted",
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"distraught",
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"frantic",
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"frenzied",
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"hysterical",
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"hysteric",
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"raving",
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"wigged-out",
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"fixated",
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"monomaniac",
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"monomaniacal",
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"obsessed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clear",
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"lucid",
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"rational",
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"reasonable",
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"judicious",
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"sensible",
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"wise",
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"healthy",
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"normal",
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"well-adjusted",
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"unneurotic"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"balanced",
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"compos mentis",
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"sane",
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"sound",
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"uncrazy"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"gagged":{
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"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
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"examples":[
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"the terrible smell of rotting fish made me gag"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barfed",
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"heaved",
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"hove",
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"hurled",
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"puked",
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"retched",
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"spewed",
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"spit up",
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"spat up",
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"threw up",
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"upchucked",
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"vomited"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"disgorged",
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"regurgitated",
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"ejected",
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"expelled",
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"nauseated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to experience complete or partial blockage of the windpipe":{
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"examples":[
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"took a bite that was too large and began to gag"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"choked",
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"suffocated"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"heaved",
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"hove",
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"retched",
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"threw up",
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"vomited",
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"asphyxiated",
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"smothered",
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"stifled"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"breathed",
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"respired",
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"expired",
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"inspired"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make jokes":{
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"examples":[
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"the actor typically mugs and gags through his movies, but in his latest vehicle he plays it straight"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bantered",
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"chaffed",
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"fooled",
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"funned",
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"japed",
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"jested",
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"jived",
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"joked",
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"jollied",
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"joshed",
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"kidded",
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"quipped",
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"wisecracked",
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"yukked",
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"yucked"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gibed",
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"jibed",
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"hazed",
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"jeered",
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"mocked",
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"ragged",
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"rallied",
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"razzed",
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"ribbed",
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"ridiculed",
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"teased",
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"caricatured",
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"lampooned",
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"parodied",
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"satirized",
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"amused",
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"diverted",
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"entertained"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gaggers":{
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"a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor":{
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"examples":[
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"got her start in comedy as a gagger for the host of a talk show"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cards",
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"comedians",
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"comics",
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"drolls",
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"farceurs",
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"funnymen",
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"gagmen",
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"gagsters",
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"humorists",
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"jesters",
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"jokers",
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"jokesters",
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"wags",
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"wits"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"comediennes",
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"entertainers",
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"banterers",
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"cutups",
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"kidders",
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"knockabouts",
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"practical jokers",
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"pranksters",
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"quippers",
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"quipsters",
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"teasers",
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"wisecrackers",
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"buffoons",
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"clowns",
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"fools",
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"harlequins",
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"zanies",
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"caricaturists",
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"lampooners",
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"parodists",
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"satirists"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gaggle":{
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"as in swarm , school":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"colony",
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"covey",
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"pack",
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"plump",
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"pod",
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"school",
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"swarm",
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"drove",
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"flock",
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"herd"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gages":{
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"something given or held to assure that the giver will keep a promise":{
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"examples":[
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"in the old days a sheriff would take gage in the form of personal goods from an accused person who then had to appear in court or forfeit the goods"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"guarantees",
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"guaranties",
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"pawns",
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"pledges",
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"securities"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bails",
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"bonds",
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"deposits",
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"down payments",
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"earnests",
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"handsels",
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"sureties",
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"warranties",
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"assurances",
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"oaths",
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"promises",
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"troths",
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"words",
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"commitments",
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"compacts",
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"contracts",
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"covenants",
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"recognizances"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gagger":{
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"a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor":{
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"examples":[
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"got her start in comedy as a gagger for the host of a talk show"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"card",
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"comedian",
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"comic",
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"droll",
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"farceur",
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"funnyman",
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"gagman",
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"gagster",
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"humorist",
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"jester",
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"joker",
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"jokester",
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"wag",
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"wit"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"comedienne",
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"entertainer",
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"banterer",
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"cutup",
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"kidder",
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"knockabout",
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"practical joker",
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"prankster",
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"quipper",
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"quipster",
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"teaser",
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"wisecracker",
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"buffoon",
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"clown",
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"fool",
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"harlequin",
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"zany",
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"caricaturist",
|
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"lampooner",
|
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"parodist",
|
|
"satirist"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gagmen":{
|
|
"a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"politicians with no talent for humor often hire gagmen to write jokes for them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cards",
|
|
"comedians",
|
|
"comics",
|
|
"drolls",
|
|
"farceurs",
|
|
"funnymen",
|
|
"gaggers",
|
|
"gagsters",
|
|
"humorists",
|
|
"jesters",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"jokesters",
|
|
"wags",
|
|
"wits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comediennes",
|
|
"entertainers",
|
|
"banterers",
|
|
"cutups",
|
|
"kidders",
|
|
"knockabouts",
|
|
"practical jokers",
|
|
"pranksters",
|
|
"quippers",
|
|
"quipsters",
|
|
"teasers",
|
|
"wisecrackers",
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"harlequins",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"caricaturists",
|
|
"lampooners",
|
|
"parodists",
|
|
"satirists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gaga (over)":{
|
|
"filled with an intense or excessive love for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lately Jack and his friends have been gaga over extreme skiing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted (by)",
|
|
"crazy (about or over)",
|
|
"dotty (over)",
|
|
"enamored (of)",
|
|
"enraptured (by)",
|
|
"gone (on)",
|
|
"infatuated (with)",
|
|
"mad (about)",
|
|
"nuts (about)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hung up (on)",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"fascinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"unenchanted",
|
|
"unimpressed",
|
|
"disenchanted",
|
|
"disillusioned",
|
|
"heart-free"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gaged":{
|
|
"to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"glance over the pattern and try to gauge how much fabric you'll need"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"conjectured",
|
|
"estimated",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"guessed",
|
|
"judged",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"reckoned",
|
|
"supposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"deduced",
|
|
"extrapolated",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"understood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calibrated",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"scaled",
|
|
"computed",
|
|
"worked out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to find out the size, extent, or amount of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"very difficult to gauge how upset he really is by his controlled reaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"scaled",
|
|
"spanned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"calibrated",
|
|
"calipered",
|
|
"quantified",
|
|
"quantitated",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"marked (off)",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"ciphered",
|
|
"computed",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"reckoned",
|
|
"worked out",
|
|
"appraised",
|
|
"assessed",
|
|
"conjectured",
|
|
"estimated",
|
|
"evaluated",
|
|
"guessed",
|
|
"guesstimated",
|
|
"judged",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"valuated",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"added up",
|
|
"summed",
|
|
"tallied",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"doped (out)",
|
|
"figured out",
|
|
"found out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gagging":{
|
|
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the terrible smell of rotting fish made me gag"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barfing",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"puking",
|
|
"retching",
|
|
"spewing",
|
|
"spitting up",
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"upchucking",
|
|
"vomiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disgorging",
|
|
"regurgitating",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"nauseating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to experience complete or partial blockage of the windpipe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took a bite that was too large and began to gag"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"suffocating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"retching",
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"vomiting",
|
|
"asphyxiating",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"stifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"respiring",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"inspiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jokes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actor typically mugs and gags through his movies, but in his latest vehicle he plays it straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bantering",
|
|
"chaffing",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"japing",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jiving",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"jollying",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"quipping",
|
|
"wisecracking",
|
|
"yukking",
|
|
"yucking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gibing",
|
|
"jibing",
|
|
"hazing",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"ragging",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"razzing",
|
|
"ribbing",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"caricaturing",
|
|
"lampooning",
|
|
"parodying",
|
|
"satirizing",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gaggles":{
|
|
"as in swarms , schools":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colonies",
|
|
"coveys",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"pods",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gagsters":{
|
|
"a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gagsters for the late-night comedy shows made light of the scandal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cards",
|
|
"comedians",
|
|
"comics",
|
|
"drolls",
|
|
"farceurs",
|
|
"funnymen",
|
|
"gaggers",
|
|
"gagmen",
|
|
"humorists",
|
|
"jesters",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"jokesters",
|
|
"wags",
|
|
"wits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comediennes",
|
|
"entertainers",
|
|
"banterers",
|
|
"cutups",
|
|
"kidders",
|
|
"knockabouts",
|
|
"practical jokers",
|
|
"pranksters",
|
|
"quippers",
|
|
"quipsters",
|
|
"teasers",
|
|
"wisecrackers",
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"harlequins",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"caricaturists",
|
|
"lampooners",
|
|
"parodists",
|
|
"satirists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gaging":{
|
|
"to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"glance over the pattern and try to gauge how much fabric you'll need"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"conjecturing",
|
|
"estimating",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"supposing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deducing",
|
|
"extrapolating",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calibrating",
|
|
"measuring",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"computing",
|
|
"working out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to find out the size, extent, or amount of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"very difficult to gauge how upset he really is by his controlled reaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"measuring",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"spanning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"calibrating",
|
|
"calipering",
|
|
"quantifying",
|
|
"quantitating",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"marking (off)",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"ciphering",
|
|
"computing",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"working out",
|
|
"appraising",
|
|
"assessing",
|
|
"conjecturing",
|
|
"estimating",
|
|
"evaluating",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"guesstimating",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"supposing",
|
|
"valuating",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"adding up",
|
|
"summing",
|
|
"tallying",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"doping (out)",
|
|
"figuring out",
|
|
"finding out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gage":{
|
|
"something given or held to assure that the giver will keep a promise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the old days a sheriff would take gage in the form of personal goods from an accused person who then had to appear in court or forfeit the goods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"guarantee",
|
|
"guaranty",
|
|
"pawn",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"security"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bail",
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"down payment",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"handsel",
|
|
"surety",
|
|
"warranty",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"oath",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"troth",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"commitment",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"covenant",
|
|
"recognizance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gags":{
|
|
"something said or done to cause laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie featured a gag involving a chicken driving a car that audiences thought was hysterically funny"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boffolas",
|
|
"boffs",
|
|
"boffos",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"drolleries",
|
|
"funnies",
|
|
"giggles",
|
|
"japes",
|
|
"jests",
|
|
"jokes",
|
|
"joshes",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"nifties",
|
|
"one-liners",
|
|
"pleasantries",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"ribs",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"waggeries",
|
|
"wisecracks",
|
|
"witticisms",
|
|
"yuks",
|
|
"yucks",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knee-slappers",
|
|
"panics",
|
|
"riots",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"thigh-slappers",
|
|
"antics",
|
|
"buffooneries",
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"leg-pulls",
|
|
"monkeyshines",
|
|
"practical jokes",
|
|
"pranks",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"burlesques",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"lampoons",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"parodies",
|
|
"put-ons",
|
|
"riffs",
|
|
"banters",
|
|
"persiflages",
|
|
"railleries",
|
|
"repartees",
|
|
"comedies",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"wits",
|
|
"wordplays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"played a gag on their teammate by putting shaving cream in his hat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antics",
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"capriccios",
|
|
"didoes",
|
|
"didos",
|
|
"escapades",
|
|
"frolics",
|
|
"jests",
|
|
"knaveries",
|
|
"monkeyshines",
|
|
"practical jokes",
|
|
"pranks",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"rogueries",
|
|
"shavies",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"waggeries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"experiences",
|
|
"games",
|
|
"larks",
|
|
"times",
|
|
"high jinks",
|
|
"hijinks",
|
|
"horseplays",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"rowdyisms",
|
|
"shenanigans",
|
|
"tomfooleries",
|
|
"gambits",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"ploys",
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"feats",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"caprices",
|
|
"conceits",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"vagaries",
|
|
"whims",
|
|
"whimsies",
|
|
"whimseys",
|
|
"deceits",
|
|
"deceptions",
|
|
"delusions",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"hanky-pankies",
|
|
"ruses",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"stratagems",
|
|
"subterfuges",
|
|
"trickeries",
|
|
"wiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the terrible smell of rotting fish made me gag"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barfs",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"pukes",
|
|
"retches",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"spits up",
|
|
"throws up",
|
|
"upchucks",
|
|
"vomits"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"disgorges",
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"regurgitates",
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"ejects",
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"expels",
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"nauseates"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
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},
|
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"to experience complete or partial blockage of the windpipe":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"took a bite that was too large and began to gag"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"chokes",
|
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"suffocates"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"heaves",
|
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"retches",
|
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"throws up",
|
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"vomits",
|
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"asphyxiates",
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"smothers",
|
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"stifles"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"breathes",
|
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"respires",
|
|
"expires",
|
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"inspires"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"to make jokes":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the actor typically mugs and gags through his movies, but in his latest vehicle he plays it straight"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"banters",
|
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"chaffs",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"funs",
|
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"japes",
|
|
"jests",
|
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"jives",
|
|
"jokes",
|
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"jollies",
|
|
"joshes",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"wisecracks",
|
|
"yuks",
|
|
"yucks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"hazes",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"razzes",
|
|
"ribs",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"lampoons",
|
|
"parodies",
|
|
"satirizes",
|
|
"amuses",
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"entertains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gagman":{
|
|
"a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"politicians with no talent for humor often hire gagmen to write jokes for them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"card",
|
|
"comedian",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farceur",
|
|
"funnyman",
|
|
"gagger",
|
|
"gagster",
|
|
"humorist",
|
|
"jester",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"jokester",
|
|
"wag",
|
|
"wit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comedienne",
|
|
"entertainer",
|
|
"banterer",
|
|
"cutup",
|
|
"kidder",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"practical joker",
|
|
"prankster",
|
|
"quipper",
|
|
"quipster",
|
|
"teaser",
|
|
"wisecracker",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"harlequin",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"caricaturist",
|
|
"lampooner",
|
|
"parodist",
|
|
"satirist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gagster":{
|
|
"a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gagsters for the late-night comedy shows made light of the scandal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"card",
|
|
"comedian",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farceur",
|
|
"funnyman",
|
|
"gagger",
|
|
"gagman",
|
|
"humorist",
|
|
"jester",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"jokester",
|
|
"wag",
|
|
"wit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comedienne",
|
|
"entertainer",
|
|
"banterer",
|
|
"cutup",
|
|
"kidder",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"practical joker",
|
|
"prankster",
|
|
"quipper",
|
|
"quipster",
|
|
"teaser",
|
|
"wisecracker",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"harlequin",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"caricaturist",
|
|
"lampooner",
|
|
"parodist",
|
|
"satirist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |