farce in Italian

farce in Italian

What does "farce" mean?

1. noun A comic play or film built on absurd situations, mistaken identity, slamming doors and characters behaving with wild improbability, written purely to get laughs rather than to say anything serious.
   "The theatre is staging a Victorian farce with six doors and four sets of trousers."
2. noun A situation or process so badly handled or so obviously rigged that it cannot be taken seriously.
   "The election was a farce — two of the three candidates were disqualified the night before."
3. noun In cookery, a seasoned stuffing of minced meat, herbs or breadcrumbs used to fill poultry, fish or vegetables.
   "Spoon the farce into the boned chicken and truss it tightly."

farce in a sentence

• The theatre is staging a Victorian farce with six doors and four sets of trousers.
• It starts as a tender romance and collapses into full-blown farce by the second act.
• The election was a farce — two of the three candidates were disqualified the night before.
• Calling that meeting a consultation is a farce.

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