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double entendre collapse: an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate

scintillate collapse: physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon; "the phosphor fluoresced"; give off; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes"

panic collapse: an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety; sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"; cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic; "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"; be overcome by a sudden fear; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"

chestnut collapse: a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse; a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg; edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea; any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur; wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea; (of hair) of a golden brown to reddish brown color; "a chestnut horse"; "chestnut hair"

fun collapse: activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around"; violent and excited activity; "she asked for money and then the fun began"; "they began to fight like fun"; verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport"

scream collapse: sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors"; make a loud, piercing sound; "Fighter planes are screaming through the skies"

laugh collapse: a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing; "his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision"; the sound of laughing; produce laughter

pun collapse: a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"; make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"

wheeze collapse: breathing with a husky or whistling sound; (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick; "a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat"; breathe with difficulty

joke collapse: a triviality not to be taken seriously; "I regarded his campaign for mayor as a joke"; a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"; act in a funny or teasing way; tell a joke; speak humorously; "He often jokes even when he appears serious"

derision collapse: the act of deriding or treating with contempt; contemptuous laughter

tragedian collapse: an actor who specializes in tragic roles; a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies

gag collapse: restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting; make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit; cause to retch or choke; struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"; make jokes or quips; "The students were gagging during dinner"; tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them; "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair"; prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged"

fleer collapse: contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words; to smirk contemptuously

corn collapse: something sentimental or trite; "that movie was pure corn"; ears of corn grown for human food; tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times; (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in England or oats in Scotland and Ireland); the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal; a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes; preserve with salt; "corned beef"; feed (cattle) with corn

sparkle collapse: merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"; be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"; reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"

bromide collapse: any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs

story collapse: a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines"

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