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41wit — I. verb (wist; witting; present first & third singular wot) Etymology: Middle English witen (1st & 3d singular present wot, past wiste), from Old English witan (1st & 3d singular present wāt, past wisse, wiste); akin to Old High German wizzan to… …
42Screwball comedy film — The screwball comedy is a subgenre of the comedy film genre. It has proven to be one of the most popular and enduring film genres. It first gained prominence in 1934 with It Happened One Night , and, although many film scholars would agree that… …
43Jurassic Park III (film score) — Infobox Album | Name = Jurassic Park III Type = Soundtrack Artist = Don Davis Released = July 12, 2001 Recorded = 2001 Genre = Score Length = 54:31 Label = Universal Producer = Reviews =*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5… …
44quip — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. joke, witticism, retort, repartee, [wise]crack (sl.). See wit. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A witticism] Syn. jest, repartee, bon mot, one liner; see joke 2 , pun . 2. [A jeer] Syn. gibe, mockery,… …
45riposte — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. thrust, counterthrust or stroke, parry, stroke; repartee, witticism, mot, [wise]crack. See wit, answer. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [ri POST] a quick retort; after the quick… …
46Film noir — Two silhouetted figures in The Big Combo (1955). The film s cinematographer was John Alton, the creator of many of film noir s iconic images …
47Rapping — Rap redirects here. For other uses, see Rap (disambiguation). MCing redirects here. For the hosting of events in general, see Master of Ceremonies. This article is about rapping as a technique or activity. For more information on the music genre …
48Nick and Nora Charles — (William Powell and Myrna Loy in the 1939 film Another Thin Man) Nick and Nora Charles are fictional characters created by Dashiell Hammett in his novel The Thin Man. The characters were later adapted for film in a s …
49Wit — is a form of intellectual humour. A wit (person) is someone skilled in making witty remarks. Forms of wit include: the quip and the repartee. Forms of wit As in the wit of Parker s set, the Algonquin Round Table, witty remarks may be… …
50comedy — comedial /keuh mee dee euhl/, adj. /kom i dee/, n., pl. comedies. 1. a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance,… …
