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Punch Line

Definition: Punch Line

Punch Line

Noun

1. The point of a joke or humorous story.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Punch Line

Synonyms: gag line (n), laugh line (n), tag line (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Punch Line

English words defined with "punch line": funny story ♦ good story. (references)

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Modern Usage: Punch Line

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Um, no, the punch line ruined your joke. (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Punch Line

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Books

  • Punch Line (reference)

  • Punch line : a selection of cartoons against communalism (reference)

  • The Punch line, presenting today's top twenty-five cartoon artists from England's famous humo(u)r magazine (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Punch Line

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

The punch line, both men laughing. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Punch Line

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

punch line

48
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Punch Line

Language Translations for "punch line"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

pointe (point), knalleffekt (bombshell). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

csattanó (clashing, nub, point, snappish). (various references)

   

Italian

  

battuta finale. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

触り (feel, impression, most impressive passage, touch). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

さわり (bad effect, feel, harm, hindrance, impression, most impressive passage, obstacle, sickness, touch). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

unchpay inelay

   

Portuguese

  

parte final de uma piada, slogan (slogan), remate (abutment, omega, tail-end, upshot). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

poenta vica, poenta. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

frase clave. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

fıkranın esprili son cümlesi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Punch Line

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-h-i-l-n-n-p-u"

-2 letters: nuclein, penuchi, pinnule.

-3 letters: leucin, lichen, lineup, lupine, nuclei, nuncle, pencil, plench, unclip, unpile.

-4 letters: chiel, chile, chine, cline, cupel, ennui, linen, lunch, lupin, niche, penni, picul, pinch, punch, uncle, unhip, unpen, unpin.

-5 letters: ceil, chin, chip, cine, clip, clue, elhi, epic, heil, help, huic, inch, lech, lice, lich, lien, lieu, line, linn, lipe.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-h-i-l-n-n-p-u"
 

+2 letters: punchinello.

 

+3 letters: punchinellos.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern 		5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern 		9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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