HUMOR
Pronunciation:
'Is
Pronunciation: 'hä-kE *****a game played
on an ice rink by two teams of six players on skates whose object is to drive
a puck into the opponents' goal with a hockey stick
Pronunciation:
'hyü-m&r, 'yü-*****a sudden, unpredictable,
or unreasoning inclination : WHIM *a : that quality which appeals to a sense
of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous b : the mental faculty of discovering,
expressing, or appreciating the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous c : something
that is or is designed to be comical or amusing*an often temporary state of
mind imposed especially by circumstances *a normal functioning bodily semifluid
or fluid *a fluid or juice of an animal or plant
* synonym: WIT
Pronunciation:
'pi[ng]k
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, to thrust
* a : to perforate in an ornamental pattern b : to cut a saw-toothed edge on
* a : PIERCE, STAB b : to wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule