as in joke
something said or done to cause laughter
the senator deftly inserted some smart one-liners into an otherwise sober speech
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Recent Examples of one-liner
Directed by Max Landis, the film proved to be the perfect introduction to the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker sense of humor, in which landing the perfect one-liner was always more important than advancing plot.
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2024
This ten-second one-liner is then followed by an extended 28 seconds of laughs, woos, and applause that go on for so long that, at one point, Jeselnik checks his watch.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
And what better way to greet your relatives than sharing a punny one-liner or knock-knock joke?
These 100 Turkey Day jokes will keep your cousins laughing far after the food is gobbled from the table:
Thanksgiving jokes
How does Thanksgiving always end?
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024
Mean Girls quickly became a cultural touchstone with its sharp humor, one-liners and its timeless take on the teen experience.
—Jane Lacroix, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2024
This ten-second one-liner is then followed by an extended 28 seconds of laughs, woos, and applause that go on for so long that, at one point, Jeselnik checks his watch.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
And what better way to greet your relatives than sharing a punny one-liner or knock-knock joke?
These 100 Turkey Day jokes will keep your cousins laughing far after the food is gobbled from the table:
Thanksgiving jokes
How does Thanksgiving always end?
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024
Mean Girls quickly became a cultural touchstone with its sharp humor, one-liners and its timeless take on the teen experience.
—Jane Lacroix, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for one-liner
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Like many classic Spongebob jokes, the scene became a meme, often referenced and recreated online.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Mulaney did a classic couch set on The Tonight Show (perhaps the most classic venue for a couch set) with new jokes about his son, his son’s emerging rockabilly tendencies, and his son’s hatred for Steely Dan.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
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Many rival fans have had a good laugh at Tottenham and their wildly fluctuating results this season.Nick Miller, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
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After 25 years in business, Vanessa von Bismarck and Carrie Phillips have had their share of successes, laughs and struggles.Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
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Big as the performance is, Stiller isn’t alone: Writer-director-star Eric Schaeffer also pillages shamelessly from the Sundance playbook of whimsy, giving himself the lion’s share of irony-laden pickup lines and depressive witticisms about the pointlessness of romance.Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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Early Turning Point memes read as though the organization had hired a Popsicle-stick-joke writer to make bland, conservative-minded witticisms.Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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“One-liner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one-liner. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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