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单词 punch line
释义

punch line

noun

: the sentence, statement, or phrase (as in a joke) that makes the point

Example Sentences

She didn't understand the punch line.
Recent Examples on the Web The Jets are an NFL punch line, and Robert Saleh is their seventh head coach since Bill Belichick took over the Patriots. Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022 Then: Leave it to Perry's Chandler Bing to deliver a sarcastic remark or punch line, which would never fail in making us cackle uncontrollably. Grace Gavilanes, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2022 Campbell discussed what his team will need to do in order to become one that's a puncher and not a punch line. Tony Garcia, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2022 Campbell discussed what his team will need to do in order to become one that's a puncher and not a punch line. Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2022 Now, how about making either/both of them an offer that doesn’t sound like a punch line to an unfunny joke? Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022 And in a fitting punch line to aughts-era anxieties, shale produced some of the world’s sweetest, lightest crude. Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2022 Rather than try to tease a punch line from the tragedy of war, the episode opened by making space for something more poignant. Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2022 Her surname was revered by fans — but cut to a punch line by satirists. New York Times, 28 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

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