variants
or boffos
1
as in chuckles
an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement
an old joke dating from the days of vaudeville that's still good for a boff
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2
as in jokes
something said or done to cause laughter
the emcee told some good boffs that kept the ceremony from becoming too serious
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Noun
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His children's reflections were poetic in the style of the late civil rights icon — filled with prayer, tears and a few chuckles, including about disagreements that occur when growing up in a large, lively family.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026 -
His children’s reflections were poetic in the style of the late civil rights icon — filled with prayer, tears and a few chuckles, including about disagreements that occur when growing up in a large, lively family.—
Sophia Tareen,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Weekend Update The Weekend Updates desk jokes are fine to good, especially considering some of them were rewritten under duress.—
Rima Parikh,
Vulture,
1 Mar. 2026
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Cole framed his opening monologue like a prayer, with jokes about Teyana Taylor’s relationship status, 50 Cent’s pettiness and Nicki Minaj’s politics.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Just a delightful take on rogue AIs that manages to bring the laughs, while keeping the menace.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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Through off-field laughs and on-field competition, the trio grew close.—
Daniel Flick,
AJC.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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After an hour or so, Sarah’s girls bounce into the frame with giggles and cuddles and climb up on her.—
Gerald Witt,
AJC.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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Mulvaney’s penchant for girlish giggles and squeals between bites of her spaghetti pomodoro stand out in Arno, especially when juxtaposed against the sea of older gentlemen in an assortment of ill-fitting grey blazers sitting behind her at the bar.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
18 Feb. 2026
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Rather than letting the gags flit by quickly, the cast pauses endlessly after each utterance to milk the laughs.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
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The director cleverly dishes out these double meanings from start to finish, fusing the parental experience with tons of gore, hysteria, visual gags and occasional jump scares.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
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The event also had free opportunities to take photos, get ice cream snickers and have earned a Super Bowl post card.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
Updated February 5,
Sacbee.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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While there were a few snickers, the photographers obliged and got their photos.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
11 Nov. 2025
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That is when the japes really started, most prominently on a mid-season bonding trip to Barcelona when four players ‘borrowed’ a taxi after a late-night trip to McDonald’s.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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Before this fifth season put him closer to the center of the action, Roddy had undoubtedly been a misfit among misfits at Slough House, a desk jockey who would hold court at his computer, issuing snide japes at anyone within earshot.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Boffs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boffs. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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