humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humour - a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

gag line, punch line, tag line, laugh line - the point of a joke or humorous story

howler, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow, belly laugh, riot, scream - a joke that seems extremely funny

blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty story - an indelicate joke

ethnic joke - a joke at the expense of some ethnic group

funny story, good story - an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)

in-joke - a joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people

one-liner - a one-line joke

shaggy dog story - a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness

sick joke - a joke in bad taste

sight gag, visual joke - a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)

diversion, recreation - an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"

drollery, waggery - a quaint and amusing jest

leg-pull, leg-pulling - as a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true

pleasantry - an agreeable or amusing remark; "they exchange pleasantries"

communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"

quip, gag - make jokes or quips; "The students were gagging during dinner"

fool around, horse around, arse around, fool - indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about"

pun - make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"

blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, ridicule, roast, rib - subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"

behave, act, do - behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"

antic, clown, clown around - act as or like a clown