Posse — meaning in English

English meaning

• 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.
• mockery noun Ridicule; the act of making fun of someone or something.

Senses

Posse is used for these senses in English:

• mockery Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.

farce — full definition

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.
2. noun A situation or process so badly handled or so obviously rigged that it cannot be taken seriously.
3. noun In cookery, a seasoned stuffing of minced meat, herbs or breadcrumbs used to fill poultry, fish or vegetables.

mockery — full definition

1. noun Ridicule; the act of making fun of someone or something.
2. noun A poor or insulting imitation of something, so bad it invites ridicule.

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