farce

noun

(uncountable) A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method.

(countable) A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor.

(uncountable) A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents.

(uncountable) A ridiculous or empty show.

(countable) An elaborate lie.

(cooking) Forcemeat, stuffing.

verb

(transitive) To stuff with forcemeat or other food items.

(transitive, figurative) To fill full; to stuff.

Alternative form of farse (“to insert vernacular paraphrases into (a Latin liturgy)”). [(transitive) To insert vernacular paraphrases into (a Latin liturgy).]

(transitive, obsolete) To make fat.

(transitive, obsolete) To swell out; to render pompous.

Roots

farcirefarc- · Latin · stuff

Synonyms for farce

travestyn forcemeatn burletta harlequinaden comedyn slapstickn tragicomedyn comedietta joken satiren

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