jape 1noundomain: communicationPrinceton WordNet [ver.3.1]EnglishDefinitiona humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughterReport errorPath to highest hypernymMorphologySynset graphExamples1.thanks for the laugh2.he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest3.even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point4.he told a very funny joke5.he knows a million gagsSynonymsjoke 1gag 1laugh 3jest 1