Farce — meaning in English
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English meaning
- charade noun An act or pretence that is obvious and unconvincing, meant to create a false impression.
- farce 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.
- forcemeat noun An emulsion of fat and comminuted meat (which has been subject to puréeing, grinding, sieving, chopping finely) optionally mixed with other flavour carriers and either served up alone or used as a stuffing.
- mockery noun Ridicule; the act of making fun of someone or something.
- travesty noun A shocking, absurd distortion of something that should be fair or serious — a mockery of what it claims to represent.
Senses
Farce is used for these senses in English:
- charade A deception or pretense, originally an absurdly obvious one but now in general use.
- forcemeat (cooking) An emulsion of fat and comminuted meat (which has been subject to puréeing, grinding, sieving, chopping finely) optionally mixed with other flavour carriers and either served up alone or used as a stuffing.
- mockery Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.
farce — full definition
- 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.
- noun A situation or process so badly handled or so obviously rigged that it cannot be taken seriously.
- noun In cookery, a seasoned stuffing of minced meat, herbs or breadcrumbs used to fill poultry, fish or vegetables.