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ALL meanings of farce

farce
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  • noun farce A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations. 1
  • noun farce a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character. 1
  • noun farce humor of the type displayed in such works. 1
  • noun farce foolish show; mockery; a ridiculous sham. 1
  • noun farce Cookery. forcemeat. 1
  • verb with object farce to season (a speech or composition), especially with witty material. 1
  • verb with object farce Obsolete. to stuff; cram. 1
  • noun farce contrived comedy 1
  • noun farce situation, event: ridiculous 1
  • noun farce situation, event: ridiculous 1
  • countable noun farce A farce is a humorous play in which the characters become involved in complicated and unlikely situations. 0
  • uncountable noun farce Farce is the style of acting and writing that is typical of farces. 0
  • singular noun farce If you describe a situation or event as a farce, you mean that it is so disorganized or ridiculous that you cannot take it seriously. 0
  • noun farce a broadly humorous play based on the exploitation of improbable situations 0
  • noun farce the genre of comedy represented by works of this kind 0
  • noun farce a ludicrous situation or action 0
  • verb farce to enliven (a speech, etc) with jokes 0
  • verb farce to stuff (meat, fowl, etc) with forcemeat 0
  • noun farce stuffing, as for a fowl 0
  • noun farce an exaggerated comedy based on broadly humorous, highly unlikely situations 0
  • noun farce broad humor of the kind found in such plays 0
  • noun farce something absurd or ridiculous, as an obvious pretense 0
  • verb transitive farce to fill out with or as with stuffing or seasoning 0
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