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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"

proverbial collapse: widely known and spoken of; "her proverbial lateness"; "the proverbial absentminded professor"; "your proverbial dizzy blonde"; of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb; "he kicked the proverbial bucket"; "the proverbial grasshopper"

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

unoriginal collapse: not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham

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"

frequent collapse: frequently encountered; "a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie'";; coming at short intervals or habitually; "a frequent guest"; "frequent complaints"; be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; "She haunts the ballet"

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

otiose collapse: serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"

banal collapse: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"

well-known collapse: widely or fully known; "a well-known politician"; "well-known facts"; "a politician who is well known"; "these facts are well known"

bagatelle collapse: a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over; something of little value or significance; a light piece of music for piano

kid collapse: young goat; soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat; "kid gloves"; be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"

stereotyped collapse: lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative"

threadbare collapse: having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs"

habitual collapse: made a norm or custom or habit; "his habitual practice was to eat an early supper"; "her habitual neatness"

comedian collapse: a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts; an actor in a comedy

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