broma
lark ; joke ; hoax ; practical joke ; prank ; caper ; wisecrack ; joking ; teasing.
He applied for the director's job in Earnscliffe library - almost as a lark, for he did not think he had a chance of getting it.
Stories range from one-sentence statements we call jokes and wise sayings, through gossip to the most profound and complicated structures we call novels and poems and plays.
This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.
The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.
The writer discusses the pranks and lies that are practiced on April Fools' Day around the world.
Who was the mastermind of the Watergate caper & for what purpose has never been revealed.
A crowd-pleaser at any tournament, Didrikson played to the gallery with wisecracks and displays of athleticism.
In some instance the joking or teasing is only verbal, in others it includes horseplay; in some it includes elments of obscenity, it others not.
In some instances the joking or teasing is only verbal, in others it includes horseplay; in some it includes elments of obscenity, it others not.
aguantar una broma
stand + a joke
take + a joke
It is certainly an advantage to be able to stand a joke; but we know that not everyone possesses that adavantage.
It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.
blanco de las bromas, el
butt of jokes, the
Humour remains big in the repertoire found in gay and lesbian books, with straight people often the butt of jokes.
broma frecuente
running joke
I don't have any trouble getting to sleep, its always been a running joke in my family that I could fall asleep on a clothes line.
broma pesada
practical joke
The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.
bromas
bantering
ribbing
banter
Feaver mentioned that she and Claverhouse frequently engage in some real 'donnybrooks,' as she put it, which invariably include a lot of amicable bantering, whenever they discuss anything.
They'd all call him blockhead, the ribbing was endless.
The magician, by luck or misfortune, called me onto the stage, but I slightly disrupted his act with a little banter and then played with the contents of his 'box of tricks', bringing a few laughs.
broma telefónica
hoax (phone) call
prank (phone) call
crank (phone) call
In 2005, it received over 9000 hoax phone calls, the highest number of all the fire brigades in the United Kingdom.
I guess at some point in our lives we have definitely been victims of prank calls!.
Recent crank calls to military families claiming a family member has been killed in Afghanistan are insensitive, amoral and disgusting.
caer en una broma
fall for + it
The classic form of April fool hoax is to present an improbable situation in such a convincing way that people fall for it on the spur of the moment but later cannot understand why they did so.
creerse una broma
fall for + a joke
fall for + it
Some people understood the joke and laughed, others fell for the joke and took it seriously.
The classic form of April fool hoax is to present an improbable situation in such a convincing way that people fall for it on the spur of the moment but later cannot understand why they did so.
de broma
humorously
teasingly
kiddingly
jokingly
facetious
laughingly
mockingly
The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.
Blair teasingly chided him as she slipped his jacket on.
Nancy was beginning to tire of the workload and, as she kiddingly told her husband, George, worried that she'd 'die in her boots at Stoneymead'.
Authorities say a central Florida man was arrested after jokingly trying to buy drugs at a Burger King drive-thru.
This might, perhaps, be considered a facetious example; however, consider the effect of the indiscriminate use of LATIN AMERICA and SPANISH AMERICA.
He also laughingly joked about Kelly not being able to outclass him this time.
Then he grinned and said mockingly, 'Hell of a place to spend the rest of your life, ain't it?'.
en broma
teasingly
kiddingly
jokingly
laughingly
mockingly
Blair teasingly chided him as she slipped his jacket on.
Nancy was beginning to tire of the workload and, as she kiddingly told her husband, George, worried that she'd 'die in her boots at Stoneymead'.
Authorities say a central Florida man was arrested after jokingly trying to buy drugs at a Burger King drive-thru.
He also laughingly joked about Kelly not being able to outclass him this time.
Then he grinned and said mockingly, 'Hell of a place to spend the rest of your life, ain't it?'.
estar de broma
be joking
He has assured fans he's not performing at next week's royal wedding, confessing he was joking when he said he'd be playing the organ .
gastar bromas
prank
banter
This hilarious show pranks unsuspecting guests, testing their patience to see just how long before they reach boiling point.
Each panelist comes with a distinct outlook and appreciation of this very sensitive issue and will be prepared to banter.
gastar gromas
play + pranks
It's a cartoon about a mischievous youngster who delights in playing pranks, being rotten to his relatives and generally getting up to no good.
hacer broma de
make + fun of
Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English - it simply means they know another language you probably ignore.
hacer bromas
banter
Each panelist comes with a distinct outlook and appreciation of this very sensitive issue and will be prepared to banter.
llamada telefónica en broma
crank (phone) call
prank (phone) call
Recent crank calls to military families claiming a family member has been killed in Afghanistan are insensitive, amoral and disgusting.
I guess at some point in our lives we have definitely been victims of prank calls!.
¿lo dices en broma?
you must be joking!
you must be kidding!
The first-blush reaction to their astonishing long-term strategy for achieving national energy independence is that they must be joking.
To those illogical beings with warped sense of humor, I say, they must be kidding.
medio de broma
half laughingly
'The business is growing so fast that we've been having a hard time,' he said half laughingly, half seriously = "El negocio está creciendo tan rápido que hemos estado pasando por momentos difíciles", dijo medio en broma, medio en serio.
medio en broma
tongue-in-cheek
half laughingly
This is a tongue-in-cheek report concerned with reducing not only the 'growth rate' of library collections but also their actual size.
'The business is growing so fast that we've been having a hard time,' he said half laughingly, half seriously = "El negocio está creciendo tan rápido que hemos estado pasando por momentos difíciles", dijo medio en broma, medio en serio.
no ser broma
be no joke
The article is entitled 'How do you manage: sexual harassment is no joke'.
tomarse a broma [Generalmente con el sentido de "encontrar gracioso" [laugh about] y no de "burlarse" [laugh at/down]]
laugh off
make + fun of
He laughs off most of these stories today as exaggeration but concedes that he had to try every trick in the trade just to make people pay him his legitimate dues in an industry notorious for its unkept promises.
Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English - it simply means they know another language you probably ignore.
