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Humour
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n. & v. Chiefly British Variant of humor. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
humour
See humor.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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noun | |
| 1. | a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor" [syn: temper] |
| 2. | a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter [syn: wit] |
| 3. | (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state; "the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile" [syn: humor] |
| 4. | the liquid parts of the body [syn: liquid body substance] |
| 5. | the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it" [syn: humor] |
| 6. | the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" [syn: humor] |
verb | |
| 1. | put into a good mood [syn: humor] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
humour1 [ˈhjuːmə] noun
the ability to amuse people; quickness to spot a joke
Example: He has a great sense of humour.
humour2 [ˈhjuːmə] nounExample: He has a great sense of humour.
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the quality of being amusing
Example: the humour of the situation
humour [ˈhjuːmə] verbExample: the humour of the situation
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to please (someone) by agreeing with him or doing as he wishes
Example: There is no point in telling him he is wrong — just humour him instead.
See also: -humoured, humorist, humorousExample: There is no point in telling him he is wrong — just humour him instead.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
humour
hacker humour
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