boffs

noun

variants or boffos
plural of boff
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boffs
  1. chuckles
  2. jokes
  3. giggles
  4. laughs
  5. snickers
  6. gags
  7. japes
Noun
  • Brian Leonard’s smartly funny ode to his difficult daughter — a child whose behavior was so problematic, the family cycled through 28 therapists — offers plenty of chuckles, even with key questions left unanswered.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The risk, though, with horror-comedy—with dinging from chuckles to shrieks and back again—is always an evacuated center.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Definition of chuckles
Noun
  • Have each family member jot down a few happy thoughts, jokes, or silly notes on small slips of paper and place them in the jar.
    — Jodi Levine, Parents, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The two quickly became friends, spending the next two years cracking jokes at each other’s expense.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of jokes
Noun
  • Her giggles kept interrupting the tune through much of her performance, and soon Pioneer Hall was laughing with her and cheering her through it.
    — Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, donning night-vision giggles, Knoxville gleefully attacks them with trash can lids and tasers.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of giggles
Noun
  • That opening scene will take you straight into the laugh floor, and guests will be placed into contraptions that Mike has created to harness both laughs and screams.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026
  • After everyone got their laughs out, Yan made sure the celebration didn’t come back to haunt him.
    — Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of laughs
Noun
  • As executed, the 2019 show is an emotional yet refreshingly unsentimental black comedy that snickers in the face of empowerment buzzwords like, well, healing journey.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
  • There were snickers from some of the other students, including a tall and lank-haired kid whose name Adele didn’t know.
    — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Definition of snickers
Noun
  • This one laid the groundwork for an entire genre with its gross-out gags, copious substance abuse, and rousing victory at the end.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 31 July 2026
  • The show’s comedy only made its bleakest moments more upsetting and dramatic in contrast, while the drama made the visual gags and slapstick more charming.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 20 July 2026
Definition of gags
Noun
  • Zings, barbs, and japes fly between the two, but the banter soon gives way to grand action set pieces.
    — Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
  • 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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“Boffs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boffs. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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