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boffola

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Synonyms and Antonyms of boffola

1 an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement

the audience could be heard chuckling throughout the play, but there were few theater-filling boffolas

Synonyms of boffola

belly laugh, boff (or boffo), cachinnation, cackle, chortle, chuckle, giggle, guffaw, hee-haw, horselaugh, laugh, laughter, snicker, snigger, titter, twitter

Words Related to boffola

grin, simper, smile, smirk

Near Antonyms of boffola

cry, groan, moan, sob, wail

face, frown, grimace, lower (also lour), mouth, pout, scowl

2 something said or done to cause laughter

if that was the wannabe comic's best boffola, he'd be well-advised not to quit his day job

Synonyms of boffola

boff (or boffo), crack, drollery, funny, gag, giggle [chiefly British], jape, jest, joke, josh, laugh, nifty, one-liner, pleasantry, quip, rib, sally, waggery, wisecrack, witticism, yuk (or yuck) [slang]

Words Related to boffola

funning, joking, wisecracking

knee-slapper, panic [slang], riot, scream, thigh-slapper

antic, buffoonery, caper, leg-pull, monkeyshine(s), practical joke, prank, trick

burlesque, caricature, lampoon, mock, mockery, parody, put-on, riff

banter, kidding, persiflage, raillery, repartee

drollness, facetiousness, funniness, hilariousness, humorousness

comedy, humor, wit, wordplay

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