farce

Definition of Farce in English :

Noun

a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations

2. farce, forcemeat

mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs

forcemeat

Verb

3. farce, stuff

fill with a stuffing while cooking

Example Sentences:
'Have you stuffed the turkey yet?'

stuff

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Farce

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noun

1.

a broadly humorous play based on the exploitation of improbable situations

2.

the genre of comedy represented by works of this kind

3.

a ludicrous situation or action

4. Also: farcemeat another name for forcemeat

verb (transitive) obsolete

5.

to enliven (a speech, etc) with jokes

6.

to stuff (meat, fowl, etc) with forcemeat

Farce

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noun

1. Rare

stuffing, as for a fowl

2.

an exaggerated comedy based on broadly humorous, highly unlikely situations

3.

broad humor of the kind found in such plays

4.

something absurd or ridiculous, as an obvious pretense

his show of grief was a farce

verb transitiveWord forms: farced or ˈfarcing

5.

to fill out with or as with stuffing or seasoning

to farce a play with old jokes

Farce

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n.

1.

a. A light dramatic work in which highly improbable plot situations, exaggerated characters, and often slapstick elements are used for humorous effect.

b. The branch of literature constituting such works.

c. The broad or spirited humor characteristic of such works.

2. A ludicrous, empty show; a mockery: The fixed election was a farce.

3. A seasoned stuffing, as for roasted turkey.

tr.v. farced, farc·ing, farc·es

1. To pad (a speech, for example) with jokes or witticisms.

2. To stuff, as for roasting.

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