PUNCH LINE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The point of a joke or humorous story

Synonyms:

gag line; laugh line; punch line; tag line

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("punch line" is a kind of...):

line (text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen)

Holonyms ("punch line" is a part of...):

gag; jape; jest; joke; laugh (a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter)

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