Joke and Trap

Joke

Joke noun - Something said or done to cause laughter.

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Trap and joke are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trap" instead a noun "Joke".

Nearby Words: joking, joker, jokey, joked, jokingly

Trap noun - A device or scheme for capturing another by surprise.

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Joke and trap are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Joke" instead a noun "Trap".

Nearby Words: trapped, trapping, trapper, trappy

old	old joke	old trap
elaborate	elaborate joke	elaborate trap
particular	particular joke	particular trap
similar	similar joke	similar trap
Other adjectives: typical, common, standard, original, single, obvious, simple, stupid, actual, real, big, huge, cruel, deliberate, famous, new, final, classic, next, last, occasional.

Just after she finishes putting up the trap (with some help from Tanaka the butler), Himeno, for whom the trap was intended, comes out of the room through the wrong side of the door, leading to Mayune becoming the victim of her own joke.

Source: Bucket Booby-Trap
As none of them can actually see the ninja and an unreliable poison gets thrown into the mix, the party proceeds to make a Schrödinger's Cat joke when the trap goes off.

Source: Box-and-Stick Trap
After she realizes that no one's preparing for combat and that this really isn't a trap, she gets angry at her boss, telling him that she does not like to be made into a human joke.

Source: Secret Test

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