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FUNNY REMARK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does funny remark mean?
• FUNNY REMARK (noun)
The noun FUNNY REMARK has 1 sense:
1. an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
Familiarity information: FUNNY REMARK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
funny; funny remark; funny story; good story
Context example:
she made a funny
Hypernyms ("funny remark" is a kind of...):
gag; jape; jest; joke; laugh (a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter)
Context examples
This afternoon she made a funny remark.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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