one-linernoun [ C ]
uk/ˌwʌnˈlaɪ.nər/us/ˌwʌnˈlaɪ.nɚ/informala joke or a clever and funny remark or answer that is usually one sentence long:
There are some very witty one-liners in the play.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Humour & humorous
- a bundle of laughs idiom
- blackly
- bring
- bundle
- crack
- don't make me laugh! idiom
- funny ha-ha or funny peculiar? idiom
- gallows humour
- hysterical
- jocular
- josh
- killing
- lambent
- laugh
- sarcasm
- satirize
- tickle
- witty
- wordplay
- you've got to laugh idiom
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