Polish English Dictionary
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dowcip in English:
1. pleasantry
English word "dowcip"(pleasantry) occurs in sets:
Fiszki z książki - "By Violence" (John Trevena)Fiszki z książki - "The Double Life" (Gaston Leroux)
Fiszki z książki - "The Ball at Sceaux" (Honore de...
Fiszki z książki - "The Wandering Jew, Book VI." (...
Fiszki z książki - "Our Pirate Hoard 1891" (Thomas...
2. wit
He is a man of wit.
Nature endowed her with wit and beauty.
What he lacked in wit, he made up for in energy.
Wit gives zest to conversation.
She showed a great deal of wit in handling the delicate question.
Want of wit is worse than want of gear.
She dazzles everybody with her wit.
He was known for great wit at a young age.
The person who wrote that book is possessed of both humour and wit, isn't he?
The audience laughed at the comedian's wit.
Her conversation sparkled with her own subtle blend of wit and charm.
... given to us, to wit, giving or receiving information...
Have you ever killed someone? Only with my wit
Oscar Wilde's name is synonymous with wit.
But equally to this was his quick wit and indomitable humour.
English word "dowcip"(wit) occurs in sets:
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3. witticism
English word "dowcip"(witticism) occurs in sets:
Fiszki z książki - "Tommy" (Joseph Hocking)Fiszki z książki - "Salomy Jane" (Bret Harte)
Fiszki z książki - "Kreativity For Kats" (Fritz Le...
Fiszki z książki - "Bessie Costrell" (Mrs. Humphry...
Fiszki z książki - "Americans and Others" (Agnes R...
4. prank
Sarah was discerning enough to realize that her friends were trying to prank her.
I caught my son making prank calls to random phone numbers.
As a prank, some students let three goats loose inside their school after painting the numbers 1, 2 and 4 on the sides of the goats. The teachers spent most of the day looking for goat number 3.
She complained about her boyfriend's prank.
Go nap it up! For when you awake, the pranking demon will be upon you!
Ludmir pretends to be asleep while Janusz plans his prank: they will kidnap the sleeping man and convince him he is a sultan.
to prank sb
When I was at school we were always playing pranks on our teachers.
English word "dowcip"(prank) occurs in sets:
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5. joke
It's no joke.
A cracker contains a small toy, a paper hat and a piece of paper with a joke.
In the same way, a Russian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke which would make an Englishman laugh to tears.
You're probably going to think this is a joke, but I was a punk rocker when I was a kid.
The joke about the chicken crossing the road to get to the other side is an example of "anti-humor": meant to be funny because, on the surface, it is not.
What kind of jokes should be forbidden?
Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up.
In fact, there is a joke about passport photos: If you really look like the picture in your passport, you certainly need a vacation!
An Englishman, a Belgian and a Dutchman enter a pub and sit down at the counter. Says the barkeeper, "Wait a minute, is this a joke or what?"
Of course he thought it was a joke and let it slide with a "hm?" but he was seriously annoyed. I mean, just don't say things like that even as a joke!
Christopher Columbus once used the same joke 256 times in one day... thereby causing his entire crew to die of laughter.
You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with someone else.
If you repeat a joke two hundred fifty six times, it will set everybody's teeth on edge.
English word "dowcip"(joke) occurs in sets:
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6. wisecrack
And there was this wisecrack:
Greg was a sarcastic person, he was always making wisecracks.
English word "dowcip"(wisecrack) occurs in sets:
Fiszki z książki - "Janet Hardy in Hollywood" (Rut...Human nature
7. prank's
English word "dowcip"(prank's) occurs in sets:
Fiszki z książki - "Dream-Songs for the Belovèd" (...Fiszki z książki - "In A New World or, Among The G...
Fiszki z książki - "The Letters of Jane Austen Sel...
other words beginning with "D"
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dowody in English
dowód in English
