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[1] |
merriment
,
merriment
,
playfulness
,
merrymaking
,
gaiety
,
glee
,
jollity
,
mirth
,
cheer
,
high spirits
,
delight
,
frolic
,
festivity
,
high jinks
,
amusement
,
diversion
,
sport
,
enjoyment
,
recreation
,
entertainment
,
pastime
,
joy
,
pleasure
,
(Colloq) (making) whoopee
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[2] |
tomfoolery
,
play
,
sport
,
horseplay
,
joking
,
playfulness
,
clowning
,
pranks
,
sport
,
jesting
,
jocularity
,
nonsense
,
fooling around/about
,
(Colloq) skylarking
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[3] |
in/for fun
,
jokingly
,
teasingly
,
in jest
,
facetiously
,
with tongue in cheek
,
playfully
,
as a lark
,
for a joke/gag
,
not seriously
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[4] |
Like fun
,
playfulness
,
Under no circumstances!
,
No way!
,
(Colloq) Like hell!
,
(US) No way
,
Jose!
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[5] |
make fun of
,
poke fun at
,
tease
,
deride
,
(hold up to) ridicule
,
scoff at
,
lampoon
,
parody
,
satirize
,
make sport/game of
,
taunt
,
gibe
,
rag
,
(Colloq) kid
,
rib
,
(Brit) send up
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