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LAUGH LINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does laugh line mean?
• LAUGH LINE (noun)
The noun LAUGH LINE has 2 senses:
1. a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes
2. the point of a joke or humorous story
Familiarity information: LAUGH LINE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
crow's feet; crow's foot; laugh line
Hypernyms ("laugh line" is a kind of...):
crease; crinkle; furrow; line; seam; wrinkle (a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The point of a joke or humorous story
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
gag line; laugh line; punch line; tag line
Hypernyms ("laugh line" is a kind of...):
line (text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen)
Holonyms ("laugh line" is a part of...):
gag; jape; jest; joke; laugh (a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter)
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