gag

gag (nominative singular)
gagi (nominative plural)
gagu (genitive singular)
gagów (genitive plural)
gagowi (dative singular)
gagom (dative plural)
gag (accusative singular)
gagi (accusative plural)
gagiem (instrumental singular)
gagami (instrumental plural)
gagu (locative singular)
gagach (locative plural)
gagu (singular vocative)
gagi (plural vocative)


button

→ German: Button

→ Hindi: बटन (baṭan)

→ Gujarati: બટન (baṭan)

→ Korean: 버튼 (beoteun)

→ Maori: pātene

→ Marathi: बटण (baṭaṇ)

→ Urdu: بَٹَن (baṭan)

From Middle English boton, botoun, from Old French boton (Modern French bouton), from Old French bouter, boter (“to push; thrust”), ultimately from a Germanic language. Doublet of Biden and beat. More at butt.

Scenes usually go out on a laugh line, a stinger or a button. End your script with a twist!

2002 November 8, Jean Ann Wright, “Animation Comedy and Gag Writing”, in Animation World Network:

With our show, one thing we wanted to do was give our best effort to always put a button on the scene.

2014 June 18, Daniel Schindel, “3 Comedy Sketches that Changed Key and Peele's Lives”, in Los Angeles Magazine:

Is there a best way to end a comedy sketch? Endings — or outs, or buttons as writers call them — are notoriously difficult to nail. The ideal ending needs to be satisfying and surprising while staying true to the comedic game that preceded it.

2016 July 12, Jessica Goldstein, “How to best end a comedy sketch? It’s hard to go wrong with gruesome death”, in The Washington Post:

(comedy) The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).


edit

Back-formation from editor, influenced by French éditer (“edit, publish”) and Latin editus.

(comedy) An interruption or change to an improvised scene.


edit

en-verb

edit (third-person singular simple present edits, present participle editing, simple past and past participle edited)

edits (present singular third-person)
editing (participle present)
edited (participle past)
edited (past)

A good rule of thumb is to edit a scene before you think, "Gosh, somebody should edit this scene."

2015, Matt Fotis, Siobhan O'Hara, The Comedy Improv Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to University Improvisational Comedy in Theatre and Performance, New York, NY: Focal Press, →ISBN, page 145:

(comedy) To cut short or otherwise alter an improvised scene.


turn

→ Japanese: ターン (tān)

Partly from Anglo-Norman *torn, from Latin turnus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos), and partly an action noun from the verb turn.

պտույտ

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

360° turn

movement about an axis returning to the original orientation

the first turn of the screw pays all debts

Between the pieces were individual turns, comic songs and dances.

1960, Theatre Notebook, volumes 14-16, page 122:

(circus, theater, especially physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.

numero

circus, theatre: short skit, act, or routine


reveal

From Middle English revēlen, from Old French reveler, from Latin revēlāre (“to reveal, uncover”), from re- (“back, again”) + vēlāre (“to cover”), from vēlum (“veil”).

The comedian had been telling us about his sleep being disturbed by noise. Then came the reveal: he was sleeping on a bed in a department store.

A simple dolly or crane move can be used for an effective reveal. A subject fills the frame, then with a move, something else is revealed.

2002, Blain Brown, Cinematography, →ISBN:

Once you find out what’s going on—the girl is a “hungry,” this film’s term for zombies—it’s still interesting enough, if not quite as powerful. That’s basically what you’re in for with this British postapocalyptic survival horror tale, which starts off strong but dilutes its impact with every consecutive reveal.

2017 February 23, Katie Rife, “The Girl With All The Gifts tries to put a fresh spin on overripe zombie clichés”, in The Onion AV Club:

Even Westworld—based on a science-fiction novel where robots run amok—ended its second season with the ultimate reveal: human beings are simpler and more predictable than the artificial intelligences we create.

2019, Douglas Rushkoff, “Survival of the Richest”, in Extinction Rebellion, editor, This Is Not A Drill, London: Penguin, →ISBN:

(cinematography, narratology, comedy, usually informal) A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden in the scene or story.


clown

clown (nominative singular)
clowni (nominative plural)
clowny (derogatory nominative plural)
clowna (genitive singular)
clownów (genitive plural)
clownowi (dative singular)
clownom (dative plural)
clowna (accusative singular)
clownów (accusative plural)
clownem (instrumental singular)
clownami (instrumental plural)
clownie (locative singular)
clownach (locative plural)
clownie (singular vocative)
clowni (plural vocative)


stooge

Perhaps an abbreviation of Russian студе́нт (studént) [stʊˈdʲent]; the original meaning was “stage assistant, actor who assists a comedian”. It may have been a Yiddish vaudeville term.


stand-up

stand-up (nominative singular)
stand-upy (nominative plural)
stand-upu (genitive singular)
stand-upów (genitive plural)
stand-upowi (dative singular)
stand-upom (dative plural)
stand-up (accusative singular)
stand-upy (accusative plural)
stand-upem (instrumental singular)
stand-upami (instrumental plural)
stand-upie (locative singular)
stand-upach (locative plural)
stand-upie (singular vocative)
stand-upy (plural vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from English stand-up.


chunk

Variant of chuck; or alternatively a diminutive of chump (“chunk; block”) + *-k (diminutive suffix) (compare hunk from hump, etc.).

You begin gathering two hours of dependable comedy by developing that first three-minute chunk. When you're satisfied with it, you create another three minutes of laughs, then another three minutes.

1994, Gene Perret, Successful Stand-up Comedy: Advice from a Comedy Writer, page 80:

If you're gigging outdoors for the Society of Catholic Gardeners, don't close your set with your "Papa Beelzebub" chunk (no matter how life affirming you think it is!).

2012, Jay Sankey, Zen and the Art of Stand-Up Comedy, page 168:

(comedy) A segment of a comedian's performance.


slapstick

en-noun

slapstick (countable and uncountable, plural slapsticks)

From slap + stick, calque of Italian batacchio. The pair of sticks was used by the comic character Harlequin in the commedia dell'arte.

(uncountable, comedy) A style of humor focusing on physical comedy, such as slipping on a banana peel, and with foolish characters who get into humiliating situations.


slapstick

slapstick (nominative singular)
slapsticki (nominative plural)
slapsticku (genitive singular)
slapsticków (genitive plural)
slapstickowi (dative singular)
slapstickom (dative plural)
slapstick (accusative singular)
slapsticki (accusative plural)
slapstickiem (instrumental singular)
slapstickami (instrumental plural)
slapsticku (locative singular)
slapstickach (locative plural)
slapsticku (singular vocative)
slapsticki (plural vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from English slapstick.


probe

For verb: borrowed from Latin probare (“to test, examine, prove”), from probus (“good”). Doublet of prove.
For noun: borrowed from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from probare (“to test, examine, prove”); Doublet of proof. Compare Spanish tienta (“a surgeon's probe”), from tentar (“try, test”); see tempt.

сонда

any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc

You know, XR178.9, we haven't done any anal probes in a while.

2004 August 2, Bayard Russell, nonemorecomic:

You listen here! We don't do anal probes like other aliens, but I'm about to make an exception!

2009 September 14, Ryan Hudson, “Can I Abduct You?”, in ChannelATE:

(surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.

(comedy, fiction) An anal probe, a fictional instrument commonly used by aliens on abducted humans.


double talk

From double + talk. Compare Middle English twispeche, Old English twīspǣċ, twīsprǣċ.

[Sid] Caesar's vaudeville format included burlesques—in the nineteenth-century meaning of parody—featuring silent-film and film noir send-ups; Italian opera produced in Caesar's ad-libbed, faux-Italian double-talk;[…]

2014, Rick DesRochers, The Comic Offense from Vaudeville to Contemporary Comedy, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 15:

(comedy) Speech which combines English (or some other language) and native-sounding gibberish for humorous effect.


monologue

dialogue

antonym(s) of “a monopolizing utterance”

First attested in c. 1550. Borrowed from Middle French monologue, modeled on dialogue, ultimately from Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monólogos, “soliloquy, monologue”).

der

(comedy) A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment.

monologi

comedy: long series of stories and jokes


situation comedy

en-noun

situation comedy (plural situation comedies)

situation comedies (plural)
as sitcom (abbreviation)

[…] in a time of peril and opportunity, the old complacent, unbalanced fare of action-adventure and situation comedies is simply not good enough.

1961 May 9, Newton N. Minow, Television and the Public Interest:

(comedy, television) An episodic comedy radio or television program with a plot or storyline based around a particular humorous situation with the same set of characters.

情景喜劇

episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom


estrada

pl-noun

estrada f (diminutive estradka, related adjective estradowy)

estradka (diminutive)
estradowy (adjective)
estrada (nominative singular)
estrady (nominative plural)
estrady (genitive singular)
estrad (genitive plural)
estradzie (dative singular)
estradom (dative plural)
estradę (accusative singular)
estrady (accusative plural)
estradą (instrumental singular)
estradami (instrumental plural)
estradzie (locative singular)
estradach (locative plural)
estrado (singular vocative)
estrady (plural vocative)

(comedy, music, figurative) music and cabaret entertainment industry


spalla

it-noun

spalla f (plural spalle, diminutive spallétta)

From Vulgar Latin *spatla, from Late Latin spatula, from classical Latin spatha. Compare spatola, a borrowed doublet.

(theater, comedy) straight man, second banana, sidekick, foil


hacky

en-adj

hacky (comparative more hacky, superlative most hacky)

more hacky (comparative)
most hacky (superlative)

(comedy, informal) Hackneyed (lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite)


callback

When the album succeeds, such as on the swaggering, Queen-esque “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us,” it does so on The Darkness’ own terms—that is, as a random ’80s-cliché generator. But with so many tired, lazy callbacks to its own threadbare catalog (including “Love Is Not The Answer,” a watery echo of the epic “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” from 2003’s Permission To Land), Hot Cakes marks the point where The Darkness has stopped cannibalizing the golden age of stadium rock and simply started cannibalizing itself. And, despite Hawkins’ inveterate crotch-grabbing, there was never that much meat there to begin with.

2012 August 21, Jason Heller, “The Darkness: Hot Cakes (Music Review)”, in The Onion AV Club:

(comedy) A joke which references an earlier joke in the same routine.


one-percenter

one + percent + -er. After Thomas Edison: "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." The motorcycling sense comes from a supposed 1948 statement by the American Motorcycle Association that 99% of motorcyclists are good people enjoying a clean sport, and it is only 1% who are antisocial.

(comedy) An esoteric joke which is unlikely to be appreciated by a general audience.


klaun

klaun (nominative singular)
klauni (nominative plural)
klauny (derogatory nominative plural)
klauna (genitive singular)
klaunów (genitive plural)
klaunowi (dative singular)
klaunom (dative plural)
klauna (accusative singular)
klaunów (accusative plural)
klaunem (instrumental singular)
klaunami (instrumental plural)
klaunie (locative singular)
klaunach (locative plural)
klaunie (singular vocative)
klauni (plural vocative)

(comedy) clown (performance artist working in a circus)


tight five

(comedy) A five-minute set of jokes performed by a stand-up comedian, usually made up of only their best material.


pointa

nominative
pointa (singular)
pointy (plural)
genitive
pointy (singular)
poínt (plural)
dative
pointe (singular)
pointám (plural)
accusative
pointu (singular)
locative
pointách (plural)
instrumental
pointou (singular)
pointami (plural)

(comedy) punch line (final part of a joke)


klown

klown (nominative singular)
klowni (nominative plural)
klowny (derogatory nominative plural)
klowna (genitive singular)
klownów (genitive plural)
klownowi (dative singular)
klownom (dative plural)
klowna (accusative singular)
klownów (accusative plural)
klownem (instrumental singular)
klownami (instrumental plural)
klownie (locative singular)
klownach (locative plural)
klownie (singular vocative)
klowni (plural vocative)


шут

mk-noun

шут • (šut) m (plural шутови, relational adjective шутовски)

šut (romanization)
шутови (plural)
шутовски (adjective relational)
шут (indefinite singular)
шутови (indefinite plural)
шутот (definite singular unspecified)
шутовите (definite plural unspecified)
шутов (definite proximal singular)
шутовиве (definite plural proximal)
шутон (definite distal singular)
шутовине (definite distal plural)
шуту (singular vocative)
шутови (plural vocative)
шута (count-form plural)

(comedy, historical) jester, fool (person in a medieval royal court)


шут

ru-noun+

шут • (šut) m anim (genitive шута́, nominative plural шуты́, genitive plural шуто́в)

šut (romanization)
шута́ (genitive)
шуты́ (nominative plural)
шуто́в (genitive plural)
шу́т (nominative singular)
шуты́ (nominative plural)
шута́ (genitive singular)
шуто́в (genitive plural)
шуту́ (dative singular)
шута́м (dative plural)
шута́ (accusative singular)
шуто́в (accusative plural)
шуто́м (instrumental singular)
шута́ми (instrumental plural)
шуте́ (prepositional singular)
шута́х (plural prepositional)

From Old East Slavic шутъ (šutŭ), from Proto-Slavic *šutъ.

вышучивать

šutítʹ, pošutítʹ, podšutítʹ, podšúčivatʹ, vyšučivatʹ

шутовско́й

šútočnyj, nešútočnyj, šutlívyj, šutovskój

(comedy, historical) fool, jester (person in a mediaeval royal court)


whoops, there go my trousers

/ˈʍʊps ðɛː ˈɡəʊ maɪ ˈtɹaʊzəz/

/ˈwʊps ðɛɚ ˈɡoʊ maɪ ˈtɹaʊzɚz/

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-whoops, there go my trousers.wav

A reference to a gag in slapstick comedy theatre plays where a character’s trousers fall to the ground, exposing his underwear, to elicit laughs from the audience.

Four Rooms is the latest attempt to combine multiple directors' skits into one film. It is also an attempt to mix "whoops!-there-go-my-trousers" farce with the slick kitsch pop-art comedy.

1995 December 29, Chris Wright, “Four Rooms [TV review]”, in The Boston Phoenix, Boston, Mass.: Boston Phoenix, →OCLC, section 3, page 19:

But what's this? A play about a Carry On film by Terry "Whoops, There Go My Trousers" Johnson, the man responsible for the National's revival of The London Cuckolds, an 18th-century version of Run For Your Wife?

1998 June 13, “Carry on up the National”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, weekend edition, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 1:

The bolts have to be opened and closed in the right combination to avoid scenes worthy of a French farce. But I feel less a character in ‘Whoops! There go my trousers’, and more like something miserable by [Samuel] Beckett or [Franz] Kafka about the meaningless of life, and the fatuity of communication.

2002, Simon Calder, No Frills: The Truth Behind the Low-cost Revolution in the Skies, London: Virgin Books, →ISBN, page 45:

Instead this relies on the supposedly comical misunderstandings that have been a feature of sitcoms since the 1950s. [...] The children are smart arses, the laughter is canned, the parents befuddled and every line delivered as if they're on stage starring in "Whoops, There Go My Trousers".

2009 January 9, Andrea Mullaney, “TV Review: The Life of Riley, The Green Green Grass, Dexter”, in The Scotsman, Edinburgh: Scotsman Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2009-02-16:

(comedy, theater) Used to describe a genre of farcical theatre plays.


प्रहसन

prahasana (romanization)
प्रहसनम् (nominative singular)
प्रहसने (dual nominative)
प्रहसनानि (nominative plural)
प्रहसन (singular vocative)
प्रहसने (dual vocative)
प्रहसनानि (plural vocative)
प्रहसनम् (accusative singular)
प्रहसने (accusative dual)
प्रहसनानि (accusative plural)
प्रहसनेन (instrumental singular)
प्रहसनाभ्याम् (dual instrumental)
प्रहसनैः (instrumental plural)
प्रहसनाय (dative singular)
प्रहसनाभ्याम् (dative dual)
प्रहसनेभ्यः (dative plural)
प्रहसनात् (ablative singular)
प्रहसनाभ्याम् (ablative dual)
प्रहसनेभ्यः (ablative plural)
प्रहसनस्य (genitive singular)
प्रहसनयोः (dual genitive)
प्रहसनानाम् (genitive plural)
प्रहसने (locative singular)
प्रहसनयोः (dual locative)
प्रहसनेषु (locative plural)

sa-decl-noun

Neuter a-stem declension of <i class="Deva mention" lang="sa">प्रहसन</i>

प्रहसनाभ्याम्

प्रहसनाभ्याम्

प्रहसनाभ्याम्

sa-decl-noun/cell

प्रहसनाभ्याम्

प्रहसनाभ्याम्

प्रहसनाभ्याम्

(comedy) farcical comedy (Daśar., Sāh., etc.)


aangever

nl-noun

aangever m (plural aangevers, diminutive aangevertje n, feminine aangeefster)

aangevers (plural)
aangevertje (diminutive neuter)
aangeefster (feminine)


glumă

glume (plural)
glumă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
gluma (accusative definite nominative singular)
glume (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
glumele (accusative definite nominative plural)
glume (indefinite singular)
glumei (definite singular)
glume (indefinite plural)
glumelor (definite plural)
glumă (singular vocative)
glumo (singular vocative)
glumelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic глоумъ (glumŭ), from Proto-Slavic *glumъ.


clown car

From a comedy routine first invented by the Cole Brothers Circus during the 1950s.

Kids of all ages have been applauding the clown car trick for more than 60 years, ever since it was first introduced in 1950 by master clown Otto Griebling at the Cole Brothers Circus.

2012, Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Vroom!:

It looked as if around fifty people got out and it reminded me of a clown car at a circus.

2014, Allen Laycock, Hereditary Decision, page 9:

Sometimes clowns do a trick called “clown car,” where a bunch of clowns squeeze into a car and come out, one by one. ... If you go to a circus with a clown car, you'll see they have suitcases, beach balls, and other items to make it funnier.

2016, Stephanie Faris, Piper Morgan Joins the Circus:

(comedy) A circus clown routine in which an implausibly large number of clowns climb into or out of a small car.


πλείων

pleíōn (romanization)
πλεῖον (neuter)
πλείων (feminine masculine nominative singular)
πλεῖον (neuter nominative singular)
πλείονε (dual feminine masculine nominative)
πλείονε (dual neuter nominative)
πλείονες (feminine masculine nominative plural)
πλείους (feminine masculine nominative plural)
πλείονᾰ (neuter nominative plural)
πλείω (neuter nominative plural)
πλείονος (feminine genitive masculine singular)
πλείονος (genitive neuter singular)
πλειόνοιν (dual feminine genitive masculine)
πλειόνοιν (dual genitive neuter)
πλειόνων (feminine genitive masculine plural)
πλειόνων (genitive neuter plural)
πλείονῐ (dative feminine masculine singular)
πλείονῐ (dative neuter singular)
πλειόνοιν (dative dual feminine masculine)
πλειόνοιν (dative dual neuter)
πλείοσῐ (dative feminine masculine plural)
πλείοσῐν (dative feminine masculine plural)
pleíosi (dative feminine masculine plural)
pleíosin (dative feminine masculine plural)
πλείοσῐ (dative neuter plural)
πλείοσῐν (dative neuter plural)
pleíosi (dative neuter plural)
pleíosin (dative neuter plural)
πλείονᾰ (accusative feminine masculine singular)
πλείω (accusative feminine masculine singular)
πλεῖον (accusative neuter singular)
πλείονε (accusative dual feminine masculine)
πλείονε (accusative dual neuter)
πλείονᾰς (accusative feminine masculine plural)
πλείους (accusative feminine masculine plural)
πλείονᾰ (accusative neuter plural)
πλείω (accusative neuter plural)
πλεῖον (feminine masculine singular vocative)
πλεῖον (neuter singular vocative)
πλείονε (dual feminine masculine vocative)
πλείονε (dual neuter vocative)
πλείονες (feminine masculine plural vocative)
πλείους (feminine masculine plural vocative)
πλείονᾰ (neuter plural vocative)
πλείω (neuter plural vocative)
πλεῖον (adverbial feminine masculine neuter)

grc-adecl

Ionic and Doric have the following contracted forms: πλεῦν, πλεῦνος, πλεῦνες. Attic has πλεῖν.

405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 103,751

(comedy) πλεῖν ἢ μαίνομαι (pleîn ḕ maínomai, “more than to madness”)


parivaljakko

parivaljakko (nominative singular)
parivaljakot (nominative plural)
parivaljakko (accusative nominative singular)
parivaljakot (accusative nominative plural)
parivaljakon (accusative genitive singular)
parivaljakot (accusative genitive plural)
parivaljakon (genitive singular)
parivaljakkojen (genitive plural)
parivaljakoiden (genitive plural)
parivaljakoitten (genitive plural)
parivaljakkoa (partitive singular)
parivaljakkoja (partitive plural)
parivaljakoita (partitive plural)
parivaljakossa (inessive singular)
parivaljakoissa (inessive plural)
parivaljakosta (elative singular)
parivaljakoista (elative plural)
parivaljakkoon (illative singular)
parivaljakkoihin (illative plural)
parivaljakoihin (illative plural)
parivaljakolla (adessive singular)
parivaljakoilla (adessive plural)
parivaljakolta (ablative singular)
parivaljakoilta (ablative plural)
parivaljakolle (allative singular)
parivaljakoille (allative plural)
parivaljakkona (essive singular)
parivaljakkoina (essive plural)
parivaljakoksi (singular translative)
parivaljakoiksi (plural translative)
parivaljakotta (abessive singular)
parivaljakoitta (abessive plural)
parivaljakoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
parivaljakkoni (nominative singular)
parivaljakkoni (nominative plural)
parivaljakkoni (accusative nominative singular)
parivaljakkoni (accusative nominative plural)
parivaljakkoni (accusative genitive singular)
parivaljakkoni (accusative genitive plural)
parivaljakkoni (genitive singular)
parivaljakkojeni (genitive plural)
parivaljakoideni (genitive plural)
parivaljakoitteni (genitive plural)
parivaljakkoani (partitive singular)
parivaljakkojani (partitive plural)
parivaljakoitani (partitive plural)
parivaljakossani (inessive singular)
parivaljakoissani (inessive plural)
parivaljakostani (elative singular)
parivaljakoistani (elative plural)
parivaljakkooni (illative singular)
parivaljakkoihini (illative plural)
parivaljakoihini (illative plural)
parivaljakollani (adessive singular)
parivaljakoillani (adessive plural)
parivaljakoltani (ablative singular)
parivaljakoiltani (ablative plural)
parivaljakolleni (allative singular)
parivaljakoilleni (allative plural)
parivaljakkonani (essive singular)
parivaljakkoinani (essive plural)
parivaljakokseni (singular translative)
parivaljakoikseni (plural translative)
parivaljakottani (abessive singular)
parivaljakoittani (abessive plural)
parivaljakkoineni (comitative plural)
parivaljakkosi (nominative singular)
parivaljakkosi (nominative plural)
parivaljakkosi (accusative nominative singular)
parivaljakkosi (accusative nominative plural)
parivaljakkosi (accusative genitive singular)
parivaljakkosi (accusative genitive plural)
parivaljakkosi (genitive singular)
parivaljakkojesi (genitive plural)
parivaljakoidesi (genitive plural)
parivaljakoittesi (genitive plural)
parivaljakkoasi (partitive singular)
parivaljakkojasi (partitive plural)
parivaljakoitasi (partitive plural)
parivaljakossasi (inessive singular)
parivaljakoissasi (inessive plural)
parivaljakostasi (elative singular)
parivaljakoistasi (elative plural)
parivaljakkoosi (illative singular)
parivaljakkoihisi (illative plural)
parivaljakoihisi (illative plural)
parivaljakollasi (adessive singular)
parivaljakoillasi (adessive plural)
parivaljakoltasi (ablative singular)
parivaljakoiltasi (ablative plural)
parivaljakollesi (allative singular)
parivaljakoillesi (allative plural)
parivaljakkonasi (essive singular)
parivaljakkoinasi (essive plural)
parivaljakoksesi (singular translative)
parivaljakoiksesi (plural translative)
parivaljakottasi (abessive singular)
parivaljakoittasi (abessive plural)
parivaljakkoinesi (comitative plural)
parivaljakkomme (nominative singular)
parivaljakkomme (nominative plural)
parivaljakkomme (accusative nominative singular)
parivaljakkomme (accusative nominative plural)
parivaljakkomme (accusative genitive singular)
parivaljakkomme (accusative genitive plural)
parivaljakkomme (genitive singular)
parivaljakkojemme (genitive plural)
parivaljakoidemme (genitive plural)
parivaljakoittemme (genitive plural)
parivaljakkoamme (partitive singular)
parivaljakkojamme (partitive plural)
parivaljakoitamme (partitive plural)
parivaljakossamme (inessive singular)
parivaljakoissamme (inessive plural)
parivaljakostamme (elative singular)
parivaljakoistamme (elative plural)
parivaljakkoomme (illative singular)
parivaljakkoihimme (illative plural)
parivaljakoihimme (illative plural)
parivaljakollamme (adessive singular)
parivaljakoillamme (adessive plural)
parivaljakoltamme (ablative singular)
parivaljakoiltamme (ablative plural)
parivaljakollemme (allative singular)
parivaljakoillemme (allative plural)
parivaljakkonamme (essive singular)
parivaljakkoinamme (essive plural)
parivaljakoksemme (singular translative)
parivaljakoiksemme (plural translative)
parivaljakottamme (abessive singular)
parivaljakoittamme (abessive plural)
parivaljakkoinemme (comitative plural)
parivaljakkonne (nominative singular)
parivaljakkonne (nominative plural)
parivaljakkonne (accusative nominative singular)
parivaljakkonne (accusative nominative plural)
parivaljakkonne (accusative genitive singular)
parivaljakkonne (accusative genitive plural)
parivaljakkonne (genitive singular)
parivaljakkojenne (genitive plural)
parivaljakoidenne (genitive plural)
parivaljakoittenne (genitive plural)
parivaljakkoanne (partitive singular)
parivaljakkojanne (partitive plural)
parivaljakoitanne (partitive plural)
parivaljakossanne (inessive singular)
parivaljakoissanne (inessive plural)
parivaljakostanne (elative singular)
parivaljakoistanne (elative plural)
parivaljakkoonne (illative singular)
parivaljakkoihinne (illative plural)
parivaljakoihinne (illative plural)
parivaljakollanne (adessive singular)
parivaljakoillanne (adessive plural)
parivaljakoltanne (ablative singular)
parivaljakoiltanne (ablative plural)
parivaljakollenne (allative singular)
parivaljakoillenne (allative plural)
parivaljakkonanne (essive singular)
parivaljakkoinanne (essive plural)
parivaljakoksenne (singular translative)
parivaljakoiksenne (plural translative)
parivaljakottanne (abessive singular)
parivaljakoittanne (abessive plural)
parivaljakkoinenne (comitative plural)
parivaljakkonsa (nominative singular)
parivaljakkonsa (nominative plural)
parivaljakkonsa (accusative nominative singular)
parivaljakkonsa (accusative nominative plural)
parivaljakkonsa (accusative genitive singular)
parivaljakkonsa (accusative genitive plural)
parivaljakkonsa (genitive singular)
parivaljakkojensa (genitive plural)
parivaljakoidensa (genitive plural)
parivaljakoittensa (genitive plural)
parivaljakkoaan (partitive singular)
parivaljakkoansa (partitive singular)
parivaljakkojaan (partitive plural)
parivaljakoitaan (partitive plural)
parivaljakkojansa (partitive plural)
parivaljakoitansa (partitive plural)
parivaljakossaan (inessive singular)
parivaljakossansa (inessive singular)
parivaljakoissaan (inessive plural)
parivaljakoissansa (inessive plural)
parivaljakostaan (elative singular)
parivaljakostansa (elative singular)
parivaljakoistaan (elative plural)
parivaljakoistansa (elative plural)
parivaljakkoonsa (illative singular)
parivaljakkoihinsa (illative plural)
parivaljakoihinsa (illative plural)
parivaljakollaan (adessive singular)
parivaljakollansa (adessive singular)
parivaljakoillaan (adessive plural)
parivaljakoillansa (adessive plural)
parivaljakoltaan (ablative singular)
parivaljakoltansa (ablative singular)
parivaljakoiltaan (ablative plural)
parivaljakoiltansa (ablative plural)
parivaljakolleen (allative singular)
parivaljakollensa (allative singular)
parivaljakoilleen (allative plural)
parivaljakoillensa (allative plural)
parivaljakkonaan (essive singular)
parivaljakkonansa (essive singular)
parivaljakkoinaan (essive plural)
parivaljakkoinansa (essive plural)
parivaljakokseen (singular translative)
parivaljakoksensa (singular translative)
parivaljakoikseen (plural translative)
parivaljakoiksensa (plural translative)
parivaljakottaan (abessive singular)
parivaljakottansa (abessive singular)
parivaljakoittaan (abessive plural)
parivaljakoittansa (abessive plural)
parivaljakkoineen (comitative plural)
parivaljakkoinensa (comitative plural)

[ˈpɑ̝riˌʋɑ̝ljɑ̝kːo̞]


splatstick

(film, comedy, horror, gore) A genre of film which blends slapstick style comedy with splatfest blood and gore splatter filled horror.


puenta

puenta (nominative singular)
puenty (nominative plural)
puenty (genitive singular)
puent (genitive plural)
puencie (dative singular)
puentom (dative plural)
puentę (accusative singular)
puenty (accusative plural)
puentą (instrumental singular)
puentami (instrumental plural)
puencie (locative singular)
puentach (locative plural)
puento (singular vocative)
puenty (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French pointe. Doublet of punkt.

(comedy) punch line (final part of a joke; the word, sentence, or exchange of sentences that is intended to be funny and provokes laughter from the listeners)


突っ込み

突っ込み (canonical)
突っ込み (canonical)
tsukkomi (romanization)


惚け

惚け (canonical)
惚け (canonical)
boke (romanization)

(comedy) a funnyman (character who does or says stupid things and is called out by a straight man)


振り

/puri/ → /furi/
From Old Japanese.
The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 振(ふ)る (furu, “to swing”).


twoprov

After realizing on their first date that they were both comedians, Alissa and Juliette immediately formed a twoprov team together.

I know you do twoprov with your EmotiStyle partner, Molly Austin.

2014 February 20, Brittani Nichols, “Comedy Crush: EmotiStyle's Shamikah Martinez”, in Autostraddle, archived from the original on 2017-07-10:

Opening the night was We Know Each Other, a fitting name for a married couple. We Know Each Other is a twoprov group that blends silliness, emotionality, and quirky characters in each scene.

2016 June 25, Aly, “Twin Cities Improv Festival X”, in Say Entirely, archived from the original on 2016-07-16:

The solo improv parts are very entertaining and the twoprov parts are very fun because they really play off each others^([sic]) comedy very very well.

2018 July 17, Holly, “Funny At The Fringe – REVIEW – Christian Adore and Eaton Messe DragProv Revue, Edinburgh Fringe Preview”, in Phoenix Remix, archived from the original on 2018-07-19:

improvisational comedy
improvisational comedy#English

(comedy) Improv (usually improvisational comedy) performed by a duo.


monoscene

Her team once did a six-hour monoscene without any breaks!

This process of bringing up new things to talk about is key to making monoscenes interesting. A common problem I see in a monoscene are characters who are so focused on one and only one thing.

2015 March 21, Kevin Mullaney, KevinMullaney.com, archived from the original on 2016-11-04:

Justin Peters and Kelly Buttermore present their experimental improv show, a unique monoscene that is almost entirely silent.

2016 December 1, Elise Czajkowski, “Comedy Listings for Dec. 2-8”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2018-02-11:

Longform improv sets typically run between 20 and 25 minutes, and Big Baby performs a style known as a "bunker monoscene" in which the entire show is a single scene in a single location.

2017 December 6, Robert J. Moore, “3 Things Improv Comedy Taught Me About Starting a Business”, in Entrepreneur, archived from the original on 2018-07-26:

(comedy) A specific form of improvisational comedy in which scenes are performed without edits.


wyrwas

wyrwas (nominative singular)
wyrwasy (nominative plural)
wyrwasa (genitive singular)
wyrwasów (genitive plural)
wyrwasowi (dative singular)
wyrwasom (dative plural)
wyrwasa (accusative singular)
wyrwasy (accusative plural)
wyrwasem (instrumental singular)
wyrwasami (instrumental plural)
wyrwasie (locative singular)
wyrwasach (locative plural)
wyrwasie (singular vocative)
wyrwasy (plural vocative)


soloprov

I think performing soloprov would give me even more stagefright than I usually get doing improv with my team.

She mentioned a 15-minute set of "soloprov" where De La Bruere played all of the characters.

2017 March 16, Brent Hallenbeck, “Check out these up-and-coming comics”, in Burlington Free Press, archived from the original on 2020-03-31:

How do you rehearse for a soloprov show? Do you have any rituals?

2018 July 9, Holly, “Funny at the Fringe – Interview – Peter Marino – Show Up”, in Phoenix Remix, archived from the original on 2020-03-31:

I've also been using that time to put up soloprov showcases, where we have really great rotating lineups of both new and experienced solo improvisers.

2020 January 25, Alex Finch, “Interview: Michelle Drozdick”, in Comedy to Watch, archived from the original on 2020-03-31:

(comedy) Improv (usually improvisational comedy) performed by a single improviser.


farsă

farse (plural)
farsă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
farsa (accusative definite nominative singular)
farse (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
farsele (accusative definite nominative plural)
farse (indefinite singular)
farsei (definite singular)
farse (indefinite plural)
farselor (definite plural)
farsă (singular vocative)
farso (singular vocative)
farselor (plural vocative)


trăsnaie

trăsnăi (plural)
trăsnaie (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
trăsnaia (accusative definite nominative singular)
trăsnăi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
trăsnăile (accusative definite nominative plural)
trăsnăi (indefinite singular)
trăsnăii (definite singular)
trăsnăi (indefinite plural)
trăsnăilor (definite plural)


năzbutie

năzbutii (plural)
năzbutie (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
năzbutia (accusative definite nominative singular)
năzbutii (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
năzbutiile (accusative definite nominative plural)
năzbutii (indefinite singular)
năzbutiei (definite singular)
năzbutii (indefinite plural)
năzbutiilor (definite plural)
năzbutie (singular vocative)
năzbutio (singular vocative)
năzbutiilor (plural vocative)


poznă

pozne (plural)
poznă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
pozna (accusative definite nominative singular)
pozne (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
poznele (accusative definite nominative plural)
pozne (indefinite singular)
poznei (definite singular)
pozne (indefinite plural)
poznelor (definite plural)
poznă (singular vocative)
pozno (singular vocative)
poznelor (plural vocative)

Unknown. Probably borrowed from German Possen (“practical joke”).


dykteryjka

dykteryjka (nominative singular)
dykteryjki (nominative plural)
dykteryjki (genitive singular)
dykteryjek (genitive plural)
dykteryjce (dative singular)
dykteryjkom (dative plural)
dykteryjkę (accusative singular)
dykteryjki (accusative plural)
dykteryjką (instrumental singular)
dykteryjkami (instrumental plural)
dykteryjce (locative singular)
dykteryjkach (locative plural)
dykteryjko (singular vocative)
dykteryjki (plural vocative)


facecja

facecja (nominative singular)
facecje (nominative plural)
facecji (genitive singular)
facecji (genitive plural)
facecyj (archaic genitive plural)
facecji (dative singular)
facecjom (dative plural)
facecję (accusative singular)
facecje (accusative plural)
facecją (instrumental singular)
facecjami (instrumental plural)
facecji (locative singular)
facecjach (locative plural)
facecjo (singular vocative)
facecje (plural vocative)


ștrengărie

ștrengării (plural)
ștrengărie (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
ștrengăria (accusative definite nominative singular)
ștrengării (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
ștrengăriile (accusative definite nominative plural)
ștrengării (indefinite singular)
ștrengăriei (definite singular)
ștrengării (indefinite plural)
ștrengăriilor (definite plural)
ștrengărie (singular vocative)
ștrengărio (singular vocative)
ștrengăriilor (plural vocative)


șotie

șotii (plural)
șotie (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
șotia (accusative definite nominative singular)
șotii (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
șotiile (accusative definite nominative plural)
șotii (indefinite singular)
șotiei (definite singular)
șotii (indefinite plural)
șotiilor (definite plural)
șotie (singular vocative)
șotio (singular vocative)
șotiilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Russian шутить (šutitʹ, “to joke, to jest”).


czarny humor

czarny humor (nominative singular)
czarnego humoru (genitive singular)
czarnemu humorowi (dative singular)
czarny humor (accusative singular)
czarnym humorem (instrumental singular)
czarnym humorze (locative singular)
czarny humorze (singular vocative)

Literally, “black humor”. Calque of French humour noir.


סלפסטיק

he-noun

סְלֶפְּסְטִיק

סְלֶפְּסְטִיק • (slepstik) m

סְלֶפְּסְטִיק (canonical)
slepstik (romanization)


дьиибэ

head

дьиибэ • (jiibe)

See synonyms at албын (albın).

оҕо дьиибэтэ


үгэ-хоһоон

From үгэ (üge, “fable, allegory”) + хоһоон (qohoon, “word”).


үгэ-дойҕох

үгэ-дойҕох • (üge-doyğoq)

sah-noun

үгэ-дойҕох • (üge-doyğoq)

From үгэ (üge, “fable, allegory”) + дойҕох (doyğoq, “chatter”).


năzbâtie

năzbâtii (plural)
năzbâtie (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
năzbâtia (accusative definite nominative singular)
năzbâtii (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
năzbâtiile (accusative definite nominative plural)
năzbâtii (indefinite singular)
năzbâtiei (definite singular)
năzbâtii (indefinite plural)
năzbâtiilor (definite plural)
năzbâtie (singular vocative)
năzbâtio (singular vocative)
năzbâtiilor (plural vocative)

(comedy) farce, jest, mischief, prank, prankishness


Bajazzo

de-noun

Bajazzo m (strong, genitive Bajazzos, plural Bajazzos)

Bajazzos (genitive)
Bajazzos (plural)
Bajazzo (nominative singular)
Bajazzos (definite nominative plural)
Bajazzos (genitive singular)
Bajazzos (definite genitive plural)
Bajazzo (dative singular)
Bajazzos (dative definite plural)
Bajazzo (accusative singular)
Bajazzos (accusative definite plural)

→ Finnish: pajatso

→ Polish: pajac

(comedy, theater) comic figure or buffoon in Italian theater


limeryk

limeryk (nominative singular)
limeryki (nominative plural)
limeryku (genitive singular)
limeryków (genitive plural)
limerykowi (dative singular)
limerykom (dative plural)
limeryk (accusative singular)
limeryki (accusative plural)
limerykiem (instrumental singular)
limerykami (instrumental plural)
limeryku (locative singular)
limerykach (locative plural)
limeryku (singular vocative)
limeryki (plural vocative)

Borrowed from English limerick, from Limerick, from Irish Luimneach. Doublet of Limerick.


でおち

でおち (canonical)
でオチ (canonical)
deochi (romanization)

From 出(で) (de, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 出(で)る (deru).”) + 落(お)ち (ochi).

ja-compound

(comedy) starting right off the bat with jokes


kabareciarz

kabareciarz (nominative singular)
kabareciarze (nominative plural)
kabareciarza (genitive singular)
kabareciarzy (genitive plural)
kabareciarzowi (dative singular)
kabareciarzom (dative plural)
kabareciarza (accusative singular)
kabareciarzy (accusative plural)
kabareciarzem (instrumental singular)
kabareciarzami (instrumental plural)
kabareciarzu (locative singular)
kabareciarzach (locative plural)
kabareciarzu (singular vocative)
kabareciarze (plural vocative)


קומדיית מצבים

he-noun

קומדיית מצבים

קוֹמֶדְיַת מַצָּבִים

קומדיית מצבים / קוֹמֶדְיַת מַצָּבִים • (komédyat matsavím) f

קוֹמֶדְיַת מַצָּבִים (canonical)
komédyat matsavím (romanization)

situation comedy
situation comedy#English:_Q170238

(comedy, television) situation comedy, sitcom


comic timing

(comedy) The use of intonation, rhythm, cadence, tempo, and pausing in order to guide the audience's laughter, which then guides the comedic narrative, and ultimately delivers the joke.


罐頭笑聲

ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄥ

гуаньтоу сяошэн

/ku̯än⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/kuːn³³ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵ siːu̯³³ sɛːŋ⁵⁵/

/ku̯än⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/kuːn³³ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵ siːu̯³³ sɛːŋ⁵⁵/

(television, comedy) canned laughter; laugh track