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1. Definition: 1. add salt to

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1. Definition: 1. an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"

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1. Definition: 1. examine someone's knowledge of something; "The teacher tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs"

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1. Definition: 1. the act of singing;

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1. Definition: 1. harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"

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1. Definition: 1. firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise

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1. Definition: 1. incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"

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1. Definition: 1. familiarize through thorough study or experience; "She versed herself in Roman archeology"

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1. Definition: 1. a piece of poetry

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1. Definition: 1. return to a former condition; "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied"

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1. Definition: 1. compose a sonnet

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1. Definition: 1. be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"

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1. Definition: 1. make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers"

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1. Definition: 1. ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal"

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1. Definition: 1. humorous or satirical mimicry

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1. Definition: 1. a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas

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1. Definition: 1. a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

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1. Definition: 1. witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

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1. Definition: 1. (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle; "a hollow roundel"

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1. Definition: 1. adroitness and cleverness in reply

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1. Definition: 1. the act of deriding or treating with contempt

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1. Definition: 1. a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

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1. Definition: 1. light teasing repartee

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1. Definition: 1. the act of deriding or treating with contempt

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1. Definition: 1. a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain

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1. Definition: 1. relating to or characteristic of a burlesque; "burlesque theater"

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1. Definition: 1. characterized by horseplay and physical action; "slapstick style of humor"

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