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Noun wit has 3 senses
- wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness - a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
--1 is a kind of intelligence; message, content, subject matter, substance; intelligence; message, content, subject matter, substance
--1 has particulars: | | jeu d'esprit; bon mot, mot; pungency, bite; sarcasm, irony, satire, caustic remark; repartee; joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape; caricature, imitation, impersonation; cartoon, sketch; fun, play, sport; ribaldry; topper |
- brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit - mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"
--2 is a kind of intelligence; intelligence
- wag, wit, card - a witty amusing person who makes jokes
--3 is a kind of humorist, humourist; humorist, humourist
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