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1 humorist
noun (a person who writes or tells amusing stories, jokes etc.) gamansamur maður, grínisti -
2 jester
noun (in former times, a man employed in the courts of kings, nobles etc to amuse them with jokes etc.) hirðfífl -
3 joker
1) (in a pack of playing-cards, an extra card (usually having a picture of a jester) used in some games.) jóker2) (a person who enjoys telling jokes, playing tricks etc.) spaugfugl -
4 slapstick
noun (a kind of humour which depends for its effect on very simple practical jokes etc: Throwing custard pies turns a play into slapstick; ( also adjective) slapstick comedy.) ærslaleikur/-húmor -
5 butt
I verb(to strike (someone or something) with the head: He fell over when the goat butted him.) stanga- butt inII 1. noun(someone whom others criticize or tell jokes about: She's the butt of all his jokes.) skotspónn2. noun1) (the thick and heavy end (especially of a rifle).) skefti2) (the end of a finished cigar, cigarette etc: His cigarette butt was the cause of the fire.) stubbur3) ((slang) a person's bottom: Come on, get off your butt - we have work to do.) -
6 comedian
[kə'mi:diən]- feminine comedienne - noun (a performer who tells jokes or acts in comedies.) gamanleikari -
7 crack
[kræk] 1. verb1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) brotna2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) brjóta3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) brotna; smella4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) segja brandara5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) brjóta upp6) (to solve (a code).) ráða, lesa úr7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) brotna niður2. noun1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) sprunga2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) rifa3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) smellur4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) högg5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) skens, háð, brandari6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol)3. adjective(expert: a crack racing-driver.) úrvals-- cracked- crackdown
- cracker
- crackers
- crack a book
- crack down on
- crack down
- get cracking
- have a crack at
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8 joke
[‹əuk] 1. noun1) (anything said or done to cause laughter: He told/made the old joke about the elephant in the refrigerator; He dressed up as a ghost for a joke; He played a joke on us and dressed up as a ghost.) brandari2) (something that causes laughter or amusement: The children thought it a huge joke when the cat stole the fish.) spaug, brandari2. verb1) (to make a joke or jokes: They joked about my mistake for a long time afterwards.) segja brandara, grínast með2) (to talk playfully and not seriously: Don't be upset by what he said - he was only joking.) gera að gamni sínu•- joker- jokingly
- it's no joke
- joking apart/aside
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9 roar
[ro:] 1. verb1) (to give a loud deep cry; to say loudly; to shout: The lions roared; The sergeant roared (out) his commands.) öskra, orga2) (to laugh loudly: The audience roared (with laughter) at the man's jokes.) skellihlæja3) (to make a loud deep sound: The cannons/thunder roared.) drynja4) (to make a loud deep sound while moving: He roared past on his motorbike.) þjóta með gnÿ2. noun1) (a loud deep cry: a roar of pain/laughter; the lion's roars.) öskur2) (a loud, deep sound: the roar of traffic.) drunur• -
10 stooge
[stu:‹]1) (a comedian's assistant who is made the object of all his jokes.) skotspónn2) (a person who is used by another to do humble or unpleasant jobs.) undirlægja -
11 teletext
['teli,tekst]noun (a system of TV broadcasts of text only, providing all sorts of information eg weather forecasts, train timetables, news reports, jokes and lottery results.) -
12 wit
[wit]1) (humour; the ability to express oneself in an amusing way: His plays are full of wit; I admire his wit.) fyndni, hnyttni2) (a person who expresses himself in a humorous way, tells jokes etc: He's a great wit.) orðheppinn maður3) (common sense, inventiveness etc: He did not have the wit to defend himself.) skynsemi•- witless- - witted
- witticism
- witty
- wittily
- wittiness
- at one's wits' end
- keep one's wits about one
- live by one's wits
- frighten/scare out of one's wits
- out of one's wits
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