punchline
See also: punch line
English edit
Noun edit
punchline (plural punchlines)
- Alternative spelling of punch line
- 2020 January 22, Stuart Jeffries, “Terry Jones obituary”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Arguably, without Jones, Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969-74) would not have revolutionised British TV comedy. He was key in developing the show’s distinctively trippy, stream-of-consciousness format, where each surreal set-up (the Lumberjack Song, the upper-class twit of the year show, the dead parrot, or the fish-slapping dance) flowed into the next, unpunctuated by punchlines.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English punchline.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
punchline f (plural punchlines)
- (hip hop) sentence of a rap song, carrying a strong message
- strong or shocking one-sentenced statement