jape 1noundomain: communicationPrinceton WordNet [ver.3.1]EnglishDefinitiona humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughterReport errorPath to highest hypernymMorphologySynset graphExamples1.he told a very funny joke2.thanks for the laugh3.he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest4.even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point5.he knows a million gagsSynonymsjoke 1gag 1laugh 3jest 1