"humor" meaning in English

See humor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /hjuː.mə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhjuːmɚ/ [General-American], /ˈjuːmɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-humor.ogg [US] Forms: humors [plural]
Rhymes: -uːmə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} humor (usually uncountable, plural humors)
  1. US spelling of humour Tags: US, alt-of, uncountable, usually Alternative form of: humour Categories (topical): Bodily fluids, Comedy
    Sense id: en-humor-en-noun-I~CRyREb Disambiguation of Bodily fluids: 50 50 Disambiguation of Comedy: 50 50 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50

Verb

IPA: /hjuː.mə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhjuːmɚ/ [General-American], /ˈjuːmɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-humor.ogg [US] Forms: humors [present, singular, third-person], humoring [participle, present], humored [participle, past], humored [past]
Rhymes: -uːmə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-verb}} humor (third-person singular simple present humors, present participle humoring, simple past and past participle humored)
  1. US spelling of humour Tags: US, alt-of Alternative form of: humour Categories (topical): Bodily fluids, Comedy
    Sense id: en-humor-en-verb-I~CRyREb Disambiguation of Bodily fluids: 50 50 Disambiguation of Comedy: 50 50 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50

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